Y Combinator - biotech and healthcare companies
Y Combinator (bio and healthcare track)
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Standard YC deal: USD 125,000 for 7% on a post-money SAFE plus USD 375,000 on an uncapped MFN SAFE, total USD 500,000. Bio and healthcare companies apply through the same general application; YC provides additional bio-specific partners and lab-cost guidance.
Y Combinator Management, LLC
private · supranational
Deadline: cutoff — YC runs multiple batches per year (Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall) with published application deadlines; late applications are considered on a rolling basis.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: health, deeptech
- Stage: idea, pre_seed, seed
Founders must relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area for the batch. Companies are reincorporated as Delaware C-corps as part of the deal.
Source. https://www.ycombinator.com/apply — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked