TL;DR: The closest YC-backed alternatives to <strong>Shiru</strong> are other Y Combinator Healthcare companies, especially from the Summer 2019 batch. Below are 20 ranked competitors with batch, status, and team size.
Y Combinator-backed Healthcare companies similar to Shiru (YC Summer 2019).
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Pair TeamYC Summer 2019 · Active · 500 people— Building the safety net of the future
Voyage BiomedicalYC Summer 2019 · Acquired · 3 people— Using cooling to end brain damage during stroke.
Brave CareYC Summer 2019 · Inactive · 90 people— Modern healthcare for kids. Pediatric Primary, Urgent & Remote Care.
DirectShiftsYC Summer 2019 · Active · 72 people— Helping healthcare workers find their next career opportunity
VitauYC Summer 2019 · Active · 55 people— Subscription pharmacy for patients with chronic diseases in LatAm.
Sequence BioYC Summer 2019 · Active · 52 people— Discovering the true signals of disease to power life-changing drugs.
LegacyYC Summer 2019 · Active · 35 people— Legacy helps you test, improve, and freeze your sperm
Mindset HealthYC Summer 2019 · Active · 35 people— Building AI therapeutics for physical health conditions like IBS.
Digi-PrexYC Summer 2019 · Active · 32 people— Subscription pharmacy for patients with chronic diseases
Apero HealthYC Summer 2019 · Active · 24 people— Modern medical billing
Arpeggio BioYC Summer 2019 · Active · 20 people— Arpeggio Bio develops drugs targeting transcription factors using AI…
ZETA SURGICALYC Summer 2019 · Active · 12 people— Next-Generation Surgical Navigation and Robotics
NonuYC Summer 2019 · Inactive · 10 people— We deliver hair loss medicines for Indian men on a subscription basis.
ZergoYC Summer 2019 · Inactive · 9 people— We make a urine test that helps women get pregnant.
stoic.YC Summer 2019 · Active · 9 people— Stoic helps people feel better and take care of their mental health.
Mighty HealthYC Summer 2019 · Inactive · 7 people— All-in-one health program helping seniors with their daily function
Shift HealthYC Summer 2019 · Active · 6 people— Turn manual healthcare process into automated workflows
AudioFocusYC Summer 2019 · Active · 4 people— Hearing aids that work in noisy places, like restaurants, using ML.
Asher BioYC Summer 2019 · Active · 3 people— We build better immunotherapies