Candidature YC de Equator Therapeutics

Winter 2020Active

Equator Therapeutics a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Winter 2020 en tant qu'entreprise Healthcare. Ci-dessous : ce que fait l'entreprise, qui l'a fondée, et sa candidature à YC, reconstruite question par question dans le vrai formulaire YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2020
Secteur d'activité: HealthcareTherapeutics
Taille de l'équipe: 2
Statut: Active
Lancé: 2020

Fondateurs

Liliya KhasinFounder
Yuriy KirichokFounder
Jonah SinickFounder

Ce que fait Equator Therapeutics

We are developing a drug to increase metabolism and burn calories without exercise. Obesity and type 2 diabetes have reached epidemic proportions. There are 2.2B overweight people and 500M people with type 2 diabetes worldwide, and these numbers increase drastically every year. Existing drugs are not effective enough to reverse the trend. Our drug can solve this problem, because it addresses the root cause of metabolic disorders - the imbalance between caloric intake and expenditure. Our drug will target mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - to generate heat. This approach has been proven to fully reverse obesity and type 2 diabetes in animals. However, therapeutic application for humans was impossible, because mitochondrial heat production could only be induced by highly artificial methods with side effects. This changed after our recent breakthrough discovery of the protein that mitochondria naturally use to generate heat. We have developed a unique high-throughput drug discovery platform to identify compounds that selectively activate this target protein, without side effects. For decades people have wanted a drug that burns calories like exercise does. We are realizing this dream at Equator Therapeutics.

Candidature YC de Equator Therapeutics, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

Equator Therapeutics, promotion Winter 2020. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Equator Therapeutics

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Drug to burn calories and increase metabolism

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

We are developing a drug that activates a natural protein in mitochondria to generate heat, burning calories and increasing metabolism without exercise. Our approach targets the root cause of obesity and type 2 diabetes by shifting the balance between calorie intake and expenditure through mitochondrial heat production, overcoming the side effects of previous methods.

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

We live in San Francisco and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where the team already lives and works, giving us access to biotech talent and resources critical for developing a therapeutic drug.

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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de Equator Therapeutics ?

Non. Y Combinator garde les candidatures soumises privées. Ceci est une reconstruction : les vraies questions du formulaire YC, répondues à partir des données publiques de Equator Therapeutics (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme Equator Therapeutics se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC Equator Therapeutics appartenait-il ?

Equator Therapeutics faisait partie du batch Winter 2020 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé Equator Therapeutics ?

Equator Therapeutics a été fondé par Liliya Khasin, Yuriy Kirichok, Jonah Sinick.

Que fait Equator Therapeutics ?

We are developing a drug to burn calories and increase metabolism…

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

Créez un compte Round Funded gratuit. La version complète de la candidature de Equator Therapeutics en 26 réponses, et de chaque autre promotion YC, se trouve dans YC Insights.