Culture Biosciences YC Application
Culture Biosciences went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 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
- Winter 2018
- Industry
- HealthcareIndustrial Bio
- Team size
- 40
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2017
Founders
Will PatrickFounder/CEO
Matt BallFounder/CTO
What Culture Biosciences does
Culture Biosciences grows cells for biotech companies. Our customers genetically modify organisms to produce new therapeutics, materials, fuels and foods. We help them quickly run experiments and develop manufacturing processes so they can get their products to market faster. We've built proprietary software and automation systems to make operating our bioreactors more efficient than existing systems. We also provide customers with new software tools that help them analyze and contextualize their data. We are currently serving a number of biotech customers and scaling out our infrastructure.
Culture Biosciences's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Culture Biosciences, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Culture Biosciences
We grow cells for biotech companies.
We provide biotech companies with cloud-connected, automated bioreactors to grow cells. Our platform lets them run experiments and optimize manufacturing processes faster by combining hardware, software, and data analysis tools tailored to their needs.
We live and work in South San Francisco and would keep the company based there after YC.
South San Francisco is the biotech hub. Being close to our customers and talent makes scaling our specialized cell growth infrastructure possible.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Culture Biosciences YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Culture Biosciences's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Culture Biosciences would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Culture Biosciences in?
Culture Biosciences was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2018 batch.
Who founded Culture Biosciences?
Culture Biosciences was founded by Will Patrick, Matt Ball.
What does Culture Biosciences do?
We grow cells for biotech companies.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
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