Yury Yakubchyk

Yury Yakubchyk is an entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Elemy, a technology-forward company providing behavioral health services for children with autism. Originally from Belarus, he moved to Canada and then the United States with his parents, who are both doctors.12

Professional Background

Yakubchyk is a Johns Hopkins University graduate (KSAS '13) who has founded multiple businesses across different industries. Before Elemy, he started:

• A telecommunications company called Wing in his early twenties
• A hospitality business (Life House)

Entrepreneurial Journey:

• Founded Elemy in January 2019, which grew from $0 to $20M+ run rate in one year
• Reached unicorn status in just 14 months
• Scaled the company from 8 to 1,200 employees during the pandemic23

Personal Motivation

His inspiration for Elemy came from personal experience. As a child diagnosed with ADHD, Yakubchyk witnessed his parents' challenges navigating behavioral healthcare systems across three countries. This motivated him to create a better solution for pediatric behavioral therapy.4

Current Ventures

Beyond Elemy, Yakubchyk is:

• Founder & Managing Partner at Cold Start
• Executive Chairman at Virgil
• An active investor in multiple healthcare and technology startups
• A Board of Trustees member at The Kew-Forest School5

His long-term vision for Elemy is to build the world's largest behavioral health marketplace, expanding from pediatric autism care to other conditions like ADHD and mental health services for children, adults, and the elderly.4