Candidature YC de Ophelia

Winter 2020Active

Ophelia 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: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Taille de l'équipe: 130
Statut: Active
Lancé: 2020

Fondateurs

Mattan GriffelFounder
Zack GrayFounder

Ce que fait Ophelia

Ophelia helps people quit opioids without going to rehab. We offer online doctor’s visits, withdrawal medication prescriptions, and support for long-term recovery, using a protocol 6x more effective than most rehabs (2/3rds of which don't have doctors). More than 3 million Americans are addicted to opioids, but 80% are not getting help, due to jobs, families, and privacy concerns. Meanwhile, there's a proven treatment that increases survival rates by 600%, and it's low cost, discreet, and convenient. It's called MAT, and it looks like treatment for anxiety or depression: medication plus therapy. However, doctors need a special waiver to prescribe the medication, which fewer than 5% of them have, so it's difficult to get, and most people are buying it on the street. Sadly, drug dealers aren't doctors: every 11 minutes another American dies of an opioid overdose, now the #1 cause of death for Americans under 50. Ophelia is replacing rehab with telemedicine, using proven science and a consumer-first approach. The opioid treatment market in the U.S. is $15B, and 85% of opioid addicts have insurance that pays for it. We're treating roughly 400 patients with thousands more waiting. Zack started Ophelia after losing his girlfriend to an opioid overdose, who found it easier to get medication from a drug dealer than a doctor. We are raising money to help patients in waiting, grow our footprint, save lives, and earn venture-level returns for investors.

Candidature YC de Ophelia, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

Ophelia, 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

Ophelia

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Medication & support to beat opioid addiction from home

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

We built a telemedicine platform that lets people struggling with opioid addiction get prescribed proven medications and support without going to rehab. It includes online doctor visits, withdrawal medication prescriptions, and ongoing therapy to help with long-term recovery.

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

We live and are based in New York, NY, and the company would remain based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York has a strong healthcare ecosystem and access to talent. It also aligns with where our initial patient base and team is located.

21 réponses supplémentaires dans la candidature complète

se trouvent dans la version complète. Créez un compte gratuit pour l'ouvrir dans YC Insights, à côté de tous les autres batches YC.

Voir la candidature complète

Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de Ophelia ?

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 Ophelia (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme Ophelia se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC Ophelia appartenait-il ?

Ophelia faisait partie du batch Winter 2020 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé Ophelia ?

Ophelia a été fondé par Mattan Griffel, Zack Gray.

Que fait Ophelia ?

Medication & support to beat opioid addiction from home

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

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