Alga Biosciences YC Application

Winter 2022Active

Alga Biosciences went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 batch as a Industrials company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2022
Industry: IndustrialsClimate
Team size: 6
Status: Active
Launched: 2022

Founders

Alexander BrownFounder
Daria BalatskyFounder
Caroline McKeonFounder

What Alga Biosciences does

Alga Biosciences is a fast-moving startup focused on transforming the agricultural industry. Our mission is to make an immediate, dramatic impact on global methane emissions produced by enteric fermentation in partnership with the cattle industry. We believe in leveraging biology to tackle the world’s biggest problems.

Alga Biosciences's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Alga Biosciences, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Alga Biosciences

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

We stop cows from burping methane.

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We make biological solutions that reduce the methane emissions produced by cows during digestion. Our product targets enteric fermentation to directly cut methane output on farms.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live and work in Berkeley and San Francisco, California. After YC, the company would remain based in the Bay Area.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Berkeley and San Francisco puts us close to leading biotech research, talent, and agricultural partners. Staying local keeps our tight team effective and connected.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Alga Biosciences YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Alga Biosciences's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Alga Biosciences would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.