Beanstalk YC Application

Winter 2018Active

Beanstalk went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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 2018
Industry: IndustrialsAgriculture
Team size: 15
Status: Active
Launched: 2017

Founders

Mike RossFounder/CEO
Jack RossFounder

What Beanstalk does

Brothers, Michael and Jack, started Beanstalk as a solution to solve a local restaurant’s need for consistent, high-quality salad. In doing so, they created a vertical farming technology capable of growing lettuces, spinach, basil, carrots, lavender, and more. Beanstalk is at the nexus of industrial robotics, plant science, and the culinary arts. Our technology enables us to develop new products quickly, automate traditionally labor-intensive work, and connect consumers to fresh produce in ways not before seen.

Beanstalk's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Beanstalk, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Beanstalk

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Great tasting produce, farmed around the corner

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

We build vertical farming systems that grow lettuces, spinach, basil, carrots, and herbs indoors, using robotics and plant science to automate traditionally labor-intensive tasks. Our system produces consistent, high-quality produce close to restaurants and consumers, solving their supply and quality problems.

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

We live in Washington, DC, and would base the company in DC after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our roots and initial customers are in DC, where we built the system for a local restaurant. Staying here keeps us close to our early users and the talent we need for both farming and robotics.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Beanstalk YC application?

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