Заявка Cofactor Genomics в YC

Summer 2015Active

Cofactor Genomics прошел Y Combinator в потоке Summer 2015 как компания из сферы Healthcare. Ниже: чем занимается компания, кто ее основал, и ее заявка в YC, реконструированная вопрос за вопросом в реальной форме YC.

Поток YC: Summer 2015
Сфера: HealthcareDiagnostics
Размер команды: 13
Статус: Active
Запущено: 2015

Фаундеры

Dave MessinaFounder/COO
Jarret GlasscockFounder/CTO

Чем занимается Cofactor Genomics

Cofactor uses RNA and Predictive Immune Modeling to build better biomarkers and improve patient outcomes. Led by Jarret Glasscock and a group of expert human genome scientists,Cofactor has built a new category of diagnostic technology powered by unique and powerful RNA data models built on terabytes of data. The team recently had their technology validation peer-reviewed by the organizations that set standards for diagnostic technology (CAP, AMP) and is publishing in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. In addition, the team made news when Cancer Physicians who sit on the committee for patient treatment guidelines (NCCN) presented a clinical study using Cofactor’s technology showing superiority in predicting the patients who will respond to immunotherapy. This initial application is an acute problem recognized widely in the rapidly developing immunotherapy industry and represents north of a billion dollar TAM. After a number of recent key milestones, the team is taking the technology more broadly to 50% of cancers diagnosed in the US. Current investors include Menlo Ventures, DCVC, and Ascension Ventures (this last investor representing the funding arm for 13 National U.S. Healthcare Systems).

Заявка Cofactor Genomics в YC, реконструирована

Заявка Y Combinator

Cofactor Genomics, батч Summer 2015. Реальные вопросы из анкеты, ответы из публичных данных.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Cofactor Genomics

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Cofactor closes the precision medicine gap with predictive diagnostics

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

We build diagnostic tests using RNA sequencing and predictive immune modeling to create biomarkers that better predict patient responses, mainly for cancer immunotherapy. Our product helps doctors select which patients will respond to specific treatments, improving outcomes where current diagnostics fall short.

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

We live and work in St. Louis, Missouri, and the company remains based there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

St. Louis grounds us with access to strong genomics talent and a supportive healthcare ecosystem, including relationships with national healthcare systems. We don't see a need to relocate right now.

21 еще ответ в полной заявке

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference находятся в полной версии. Создайте бесплатную учетную запись, чтобы открыть ее в YC Insights, рядом с каждым другим потоком YC.

Смотреть полную заявку

Часто задаваемые вопросы

Это реальная заявка Cofactor Genomics в YC?

Нет. Y Combinator держит поданные заявки в приватности. Это реконструкция: реальные вопросы формы YC, ответы на которые основаны на публичных данных Cofactor Genomics (заметки о запуске, бэкграунд фаундеров, описание продукта). Это показывает, как компания вроде Cofactor Genomics представила бы себя YC, а не текст, который они подали.