Birch Biosciences YC Application
Birch Biosciences went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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
- Summer 2022
- Industry
- IndustrialsClimate
- Team size
- 10
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2022
Founders
Johan KersFounder
What Birch Biosciences does
Birch Biosciences engineers enzymes for plastic recycling using synthetic biology and machine learning. Our enzymes function as high performance “molecular scissors” that efficiently break down plastic polymers into chemical building blocks that can be used to manufacture high quality recycled plastic products. Today, plastic manufacturing is unsustainable and a major driver of climate change. Birch Biosciences is developing an economical end-to-end plastic recycling process that reduces carbon emissions by 70% and enables a circular plastic economy.
Birch Biosciences's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Birch Biosciences, Summer 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Birch Biosciences
Recycle plastic using engineered enzymes
We build engineered enzymes that break down plastic polymers into chemical building blocks. These enzymes act like molecular scissors, making plastic recycling efficient enough to enable a circular plastics economy and reduce carbon emissions by about 70%.
We live in Portland, OR, and the company is based here now. After YC, we'll keep Portland as our base.
Portland has the synthetic biology talent and an environment supportive of climate tech. We're rooted here and want to build from a location that matches our mission and team.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Birch Biosciences YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Birch Biosciences's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Birch Biosciences would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Birch Biosciences in?
Birch Biosciences was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2022 batch.
Who founded Birch Biosciences?
Birch Biosciences was founded by Johan Kers.
What does Birch Biosciences do?
We recycle plastic using engineered enzymes
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
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