Choppy! YC Application

Winter 2023Inactive

Choppy! went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2023 batch as a Consumer 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 2023
Industry: ConsumerFood and Beverage
Team size: 2
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2023

Founders

Saba FazeliFounder
Brice KleinFounder

What Choppy! does

Keto friendly, flexitarian entrees made from plant protein combined with pure beef fat, collagen, and broth. Full of authentic flavor and ready in four minutes, Choppy! is better for you AND the planet. The company was founded by Stanford mechanical engineers Saba Fazeli and Brice Klein: -Saba was the first R&D engineer at Beyond Meat where he developed and scaled all of their textured proteins. -Brice was the fourth engineer at vertical farming company Plenty where he led the commissioning of their new, multi-million dollar farm.

Choppy!'s YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Choppy!, Winter 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Choppy!

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Fast, flavorful protein entrees

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

We make keto-friendly, flexitarian frozen entrees combining plant protein with pure beef fat, collagen, and broth. Our products deliver authentic meat flavor and take just four minutes to prepare. They cater to people who want convenient, satisfying protein that's better for health and the planet.

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

We live in Los Angeles, and the company would be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Los Angeles offers the food innovation community and access to early adopters who care about climate-friendly protein. It's where we have networks and can build the product and brand effectively.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Choppy! YC application?

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