Application YC di Ophelia

Winter 2020Active

Ophelia ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Winter 2020 come azienda Healthcare. Sotto: cosa fa l'azienda, chi l'ha fondata e la sua application a YC, ricostruita domanda per domanda nel form reale di YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2020
Settore: HealthcareConsumer Health and Wellness
Dimensione team: 130
Stato: Active
Lanciata: 2020

Founder

Mattan GriffelFounder
Zack GrayFounder

Cosa fa 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.

Application YC di Ophelia, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Ophelia, batch Winter 2020. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

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.

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Questa è l'application YC reale di Ophelia?

No. Y Combinator mantiene private le application inviate. Questa è una ricostruzione: le domande del form YC reale, a cui si è risposto usando i dati pubblici di Ophelia (note di lancio, background dei founder, descrizione del prodotto). Mostra come un'azienda come Ophelia si presenterebbe a YC, non il testo che hanno inviato.