Equator Therapeutics YCアプリケーション

Winter 2020Active

Equator TherapeuticsはWinter 2020バッチでHealthcare企業としてY Combinatorを卒業しました。以下：会社の事業内容、創業者、そして実際のYCフォームで質問ごとに再構築されたYCへの応募内容。

YCバッチ: Winter 2020
業界: HealthcareTherapeutics
チーム規模: 2
ステータス: Active
ローンチ済み: 2020

創業者

Liliya KhasinFounder
Yuriy KirichokFounder
Jonah SinickFounder

Equator Therapeuticsの事業内容

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.

Equator TherapeuticsのYCアプリケーション、再構築済み

Y Combinator 申請

Equator Therapeutics 様、Winter 2020 バッチ。公開データから回答された、実際のフォームの質問。

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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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Equator Therapeuticsの実際のYCアプリケーションですか？

いいえ。Y Combinatorは提出されたアプリケーションを非公開にしています。これは再構築されたものです。実際のYCフォームの質問に、Equator Therapeuticsの公開データ（ローンチノート、創業者経歴、製品説明）から回答しています。Equator Therapeuticsのような会社がYCにどのようにアピールするかを示しており、彼らが提出したテキストではありません。