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YC Therapeutics Companies
90 Y Combinator therapeutics startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.
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YC Company Directory
40 companies
Company | Batch | Description | Status | Location | Team | Site | Founders | Reveal |
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Altay Therapeutics | W20 | Altay develops disease-modifying therapies targeting transcription… | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; South San Francisco, CA, USA | 6 | Ali Ozes, Osman Ozes | Reveal | |
Altay Therapeutics | W20 | Altay develops disease-modifying therapies targeting transcription… | Active | San Carlos, CA, USA | 6 | Ali Ozes, Osman Ozes | Reveal | |
Equator Therapeutics | W20 | We are developing a drug to burn calories and increase metabolism… | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Liliya Khasin, Yuriy Kirichok, Jonah Sinick | Reveal | |
Ochre Bio | W20 | RNA medicines for liver diseases | Active | London, England, United Kingdom; Oxford, England, United Kingdom | 50 | Quin Wills, Jack O'Meara | Reveal | |
Ochre Bio | W20 | RNA medicines for liver diseases | Active | Oxford, UK | 50 | Quin Wills | Reveal | |
OpenBiome | W20 | A nonprofit stool bank enabling access to fecal transplants. | Active | Boston, MA, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA | 70 | Majdi Osman, Carolyn Edelstein | Reveal | |
1910 | W19 | Multimodal AI Platform for Modality Agnostic Drug Discovery™ | Active | Boston, MA, USA | 20 | Jen Asher | Reveal | |
Endpoint Health | W19 | Precision-first therapies | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA; Palo Alto, CA, USA; Remote | 23 | Diego Rey, Jeff Osborn, Jason Springs, Leonardo Teixeira | Reveal | |
Excepgen | W19 | — | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Thomas Folliard, Barbara Mertins | Reveal | |
Excepgen | W19 | — | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 3 | Thomas Folliard | Reveal | |
Intact Therapeutics | W19 | Smart gels for local drug delivery to the gut | Active | Palo Alto, CA, USA | 4 | Ravi Pamnani, Sidhartha Sinha | Reveal | |
Intact Therapeutics | W19 | Smart gels for local drug delivery to the gut | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Los Altos, CA, USA | 4 | Ravi Pamnani, Sidhartha Sinha | Reveal | |
LEAH Labs | W19 | Living therapies for pets first, and their people next | Active | Minneapolis, MN, USA | 4 | Wesley Wierson, Jonathan Paul Mochel | Reveal | |
LEAH Labs | W19 | Living therapies for pets first, and their people next | Active | Minneapolis, MN, USA | 4 | Wesley Wierson | Reveal | |
ResistanceBio | W19 | We solve drug resistance for cancer | Inactive | Menlo Park, CA, USA | 15 | Nicholas Goldner, Christopher Bulow | Reveal | |
ResistanceBio | W19 | We solve drug resistance for cancer | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA; Overland, MO, USA | 15 | Nicholas Goldner, Christopher Bulow | Reveal | |
YourChoice Therapeutics | W19 | YourChoice therapeutics is revolutionizing the contraceptive market… | Active | Berkeley, CA, USA | 3 | Akash Bakshi, Nadja Mannowetz | Reveal | |
Mind Emulation Foundation | W18 | — | Active | — | 1 | Dan Siroker | Reveal | |
Persephone Biosciences | W18 | We are using the gut microbiome to end cancer. | Active | San Diego, CA, USA | 6 | Stephanie Culler, Stephen Van Dien, Marco Bambini | Reveal | |
Tradewind BioScience | W18 | Tradewind translates scientific insight into innovative ways of… | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Thaddeus Allen | Reveal | |
Sigma Genetics | W17 | Sigma Genetics is a biotechnology company that is building… | Active | Seattle, WA, USA | 2 | Karen Eaton, Matthew Scholz, Chris Pihl | Reveal | |
Sigma Genetics | W17 | Sigma Genetics is a biotechnology company that is building… | Active | Seattle, WA, USA | 2 | Karen Eaton, Matthew Scholz, Chris Pihl | Reveal | |
SFA Therapeutics | S21 | Regulating the immune system to block cancer & autoimmune diseases | Active | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 4 | Ira Spector, Alla Arzumanyan, Mark Feitelson | Reveal | |
Kernal Biologics | S20 | Kernal is creating mRNA 2.0 therapies that work in specific cells | Active | Cambridge, MA, USA | 20 | Yusuf Erkul, Jeff Ozdemir, Burak YILMAZ | Reveal | |
Kernal Biologics | S20 | Kernal is creating mRNA 2.0 therapies that work in specific cells | Active | Boston, MA, USA | 20 | Yusuf Erkul, Jeff Ozdemir, Burak YILMAZ, Burak Yilmaz | Reveal | |
Asher Bio | S19 | We build better immunotherapies | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; San Carlos, CA, USA | 3 | Ivana Djuretic, Andy Yeung | Reveal | |
Asher Bio | S19 | We build better immunotherapies | Active | San Carlos, CA, USA | 3 | Ivana Djuretic, Andy Yeung | Reveal | |
Encepheal Therapeutics | S19 | EncepHeal develops medications to treat substance abuse, starting… | Inactive | Winston-Salem, NC, USA | 3 | Aaron Lazarus, Omeed Rahimi | Reveal | |
GEn1E Lifesciences | S19 | AI platform accelerating therapies for rare & inflammatory diseases. | Active | Palo Alto, CA, USA | — | Ritu Lal | Reveal | |
GEn1E Lifesciences | S19 | AI platform accelerating therapies for rare & inflammatory diseases. | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | — | Ritu Lal, Clint Webb | Reveal | |
Circumvent | S18 | Utilizing monogenic disorders to inform and solve highly complex… | Active | — | 6 | Devin Wiley | Reveal | |
Circumvent | S18 | Utilizing monogenic disorders to inform and solve highly complex… | Active | Portland, OR, USA | 6 | Devin Wiley, Andrew Lim | Reveal | |
dNovo | S18 | The cure for hair loss. | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA; San Jose, CA, USA | 4 | Ernesto Lujan | Reveal | |
Dorian Therapeutics | S18 | New therapeutics to rejuvenate tissue and treat age-related diseases | Acquired | San Carlos, CA, USA | 8 | Maddalena Adorno, Benedetta di Robilant | Reveal | |
Gerostate Alpha | S18 | Developing novel therapeutics for aging and chronic disease | Inactive | San Francisco, CA, USA; Novato, CA, USA | 6 | Gordon J Lithgow, Mark Lucanic, Simon Melov, Gordon Lithgow | Reveal | |
Hepatx | S18 | Replacing organ transplant with an infusion | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA; Palo Alto, CA, USA | 4 | Eric Schuur, Bruce Davis | Reveal | |
Hepatx | S18 | Replacing organ transplant with an infusion | Active | Palo Alto, CA, USA | 4 | Eric Schuur | Reveal | |
Rejuvenation Technologies Inc. | S18 | We extend telomeres to extend the human health span | Active | Mountain View, CA, USA | 2 | Glenn Markov, John Ramunas | Reveal | |
Rejuvenation Technologies Inc. | S18 | mRNA therapeutics to extend healthspan entering clinical trials | Active | San Francisco, CA, USA | 2 | Glenn Markov, John Ramunas | Reveal | |
Forever Labs | S17 | We bank your stem cells to help you live healthier, longer. | Active | Ann Arbor, MI, USA | 12 | Steven Clausnitzer, Edward Cibor, Mark Katakowski | Reveal |
About YC Therapeutics Companies
Y Combinator has funded 90 therapeutics companies since its founding in 2005. These startups span from early-stage pre-launch to publicly traded companies, making YC one of the most prolific backers of therapeutics innovation globally.
80 of these companies are currently active. 4 have been acquired. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC therapeutics startup.
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