Zenamins YC Application

Summer 2014Inactive

Zenamins went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2014 batch as a Consumer company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Summer 2014
Industry: ConsumerFood and Beverage
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2014

Founders

Arad RostampourFounder/CEO

What Zenamins does

Zenamins is a comprehensive online vitamin subscription service that is personalized and designed specifically with the individual in mind. Zenamins was designed to make vitamin-taking easier, safer and more convenient. Simply select the vitamins, minerals and supplements you want or use the special online guide to determine which ones are best for you. Every four weeks subscribers receive a new Zenamins pack in the post. Zenamins uses pharmacy-grade technology to custom pack vitamins into daily doses, while all vitamins and supplements are of the highest quality and mostly softgels, as these have shown to have 4x the absorption.

Zenamins's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Zenamins, Summer 2014 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Zenamins

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Custom daily vitamin packs by subscription

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We make personalized vitamin packs that are customized to each person's needs. Users either select their vitamins or use our online guide to find the right supplements. Then we package those vitamins into daily dose packs that get shipped every four weeks. Our packs use mostly softgels for better absorption and pharmacy-grade technology to automate the process.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco, and Zenamins would remain based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we both live and have access to the health and wellness market, along with tech talent for building our product. Keeping the company here lets us move fast and stay connected to early users.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Zenamins YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Zenamins's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Zenamins would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.