Simple Strips
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Simple Strips was an Austin, Texas-based health-tech startup in Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch. It developed glucose test strips that change appearance and can be read by any smartphone camera through a mobile app - no dedicated glucose meter required - aiming to make glucose testing cheaper and more accessible. The company said it expected to submit its strips for FDA approval in June 2020 and raised about $150,000.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- YC Winter 2020
Simple Strips debuts as part of Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch with smartphone-readable glucose test strips, saying it expects to submit for FDA approval in June 2020.
- Out of business
PitchBook records Simple Strips as Out of Business effective October 17, 2021; the reasons for the shutdown were not publicly documented.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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