Surbhi Sarna (@SurbhiSarnaSF) / X

Surbhi Sarna

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Surbhi Sarna

@SurbhiSarnaSF

CEO and Founder of Collate. Prev GP @ycombinator, Founder of nVision, acquired by @bostonsci - Author of Without a Doubt - Napa Grape Grower - Mom of two

San Francisco, CA

Joined January 2023

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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Jan 13, 2025
I’m excited to introduce Collate and announce our $30M seed round. We’re using AI to help solve one of the biggest problems for life sciences companies — the never-ending cycle of document creation and maintenance you need to do to stay compliant. While running my first
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Feb 22, 2023
(1/6) The journey to turn my teenage cancer scare into a company that Boston Scientific acquired for $275M took 7 years. During that time, I had some of my highest highs and lowest lows. Now, in 2 weeks, my book that chronicles that journey launches! Here is an excerpt:
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Aug 11, 2023
Three YC companies have absolute dream teams consisting of three founders, each who happened to announce their existence to the world on the same day. They are working on some of the biggest issues impacting humanity: the creation and education of healthcare providers,
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Oct 3, 2023
.@garrytan and the group partners are a big reason why YC feels like the place where I was meant to be. I feel lucky that my entrepreneurial journey, described in YC's first documentary-style video below, led me here. There's nothing that brings me more joy than helping
Garry Tan
@garrytan
Sep 29, 2023
I got to work with Surbhi closely this YC batch and she is literally one of the best investor/startup whisperers I've ever seen in action
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Jul 16, 2023
An incredible amount of innovation continues to enter the healthcare space because of AI. Apply to YC by Tuesday!
Y Combinator
@ycombinator
Jul 15, 2023
We're hosting a special round of early interviews for AI companies. Apply by this Tuesday, July 18: ycombinator.com/blog/early-int…
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Sep 24, 2023
So fun
Jared Friedman
@snowmaker
Sep 24, 2023
Incredible energy at the YC alumni reunion. This is @SurbhiSarnaSF talking about YC Bio.
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Nov 8, 2023
Great news for our computational biology companies
Y Combinator
@ycombinator
Nov 7, 2023
Today we're announcing our partnership with @Microsoft to give our AI startups Azure credits and priority access to a cluster of ND A100 Azure VMs configured for model training and fine tuning.
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Oct 11, 2023
We’re hosting the 2nd YC Health & Bio Summit on December 6 in San Francisco: ycombinator.com/blog/yc-health… If you’re in the early stages of building a health or bio startup and want to meet others doing the same, we hope you join us.
ycombinator.com
YC’s Health & Bio Summit is coming to SF in December — apply now to attend | Y Combinator
If you’re in the early stages of building a health or bio startup and want to meet others doing the same, join us at the YC Health & Bio Summit in San Francisco on December 6, 2023.
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Sep 5, 2024
I’ve found this to be true and am glad Brian gave it a voice
Brian Chesky
@bchesky
Sep 4, 2024
Women founders have been reaching out to me over the past 24 hours about how they don’t have permission to run their companies in Founder Mode the same way men can. This needs to change
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Apr 7, 2023
The deadline is approaching. If you're building something big in the healthcare/bio space, I can't wait to hear from you.
Stephanie Simon
@stephaniersimon
Apr 7, 2023
The @ycombinator deadline is today at 8pm PT. Most accepted teams (~70% last batch) take a day or less to fill out the application.
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Aug 25, 2023
Auricle was the very first medical device investment I did as a visiting partner at YC. Amazing things can happen when a physician and an engineer team up to tackle a big unmet clinical need
Paul Graham
@paulg
Aug 24, 2023
I just invested in Auricle, which is creating a promising alternative to cochlear implants. I asked them what their success rate was with investors who suffered from hearing loss or had a family member who did, and they said 100%. They know. ycombinator.com/companies/auri…
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Sep 8, 2024
Why founder mode is harder for some: when a woman simply asks “why,” it counts as having a “prosecutorial leadership style”
Garry Tan
@garrytan
Sep 7, 2024
Can I say something that people are not going to like? This... kind of sounds like founder mode to me
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Feb 20, 2023
(1/2) This interview is a masterclass in explaining almost every facet of a highly scientific company without using a single jargon-y word. If more bio founders did this, more tech investors would be interested in the field, and our industry would fundamentally change
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Surbhi Sarna
@SurbhiSarnaSF
Oct 15, 2023
Time to build something big in healthcare
Tom Carroll
@_tom_dot_com
Oct 15, 2023
.@ycombinator was a game-changing experience for me and Cleancard. Even after some great academic experiences, I've never learned or grown so much in a 3-month period than at YC. @SurbhiSarnaSF is a goldmine for guidance- no better place to turn your concept into biotech reality!
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