Catena Biosciences YC Application
Catena Biosciences went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 batch as a Healthcare 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 2021
- Industry
- HealthcareTherapeutics
- Team size
- 7
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2021
Founders
Marco LobbaFounder- Matthew FrancisFounder
What Catena Biosciences does
Catena’s technology lets us attach any two proteins together using an enzyme and the native amino acids tyrosine and cysteine within target proteins. It is a true platform technology because it enables the joining of any two soluble proteins together with minimal engineering and without restrictions due to protein size or complexity. Our work has already been used to modify cancer specific antibodies, CRISPR proteins and even cell surfaces. Our ability to produce modular protein therapeutics in a fraction of the time allows for true library creation across the therapeutics spectrum from oncology, vaccines, inflammatory disease and beyond.
Catena Biosciences's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Catena Biosciences, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Catena Biosciences
Using protein coupling to build new therapies
We built a protein coupling technology that lets us attach any two proteins together through an enzyme that targets tyrosine and cysteine amino acids natively present in the proteins. Unlike traditional methods, we don't engineer each protein extensively or have restrictions on size or complexity. This allows us to rapidly create modular protein therapeutics for oncology, vaccines, inflammatory diseases, and more.
We live and work in Berkeley, California, and the company would remain based here after YC.
Berkeley has a strong biotech ecosystem and access to academic labs and talent we rely on. We're well situated near collaborators and in a hub of innovation for therapeutics development.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Catena Biosciences YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Catena Biosciences's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Catena Biosciences would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Catena Biosciences in?
Catena Biosciences was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch.
Who founded Catena Biosciences?
Catena Biosciences was founded by Marco Lobba, Matthew Francis.
What does Catena Biosciences do?
Using protein coupling to build new therapies
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
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