Eclipse Foods YC Application

Winter 2019Active

Eclipse Foods went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2019 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 2019
Industry: ConsumerFood and Beverage
Status: Active
Launched: 2018

Founders

Aylon SteinhartFounder
Thomas Elliott BowmanFounder

What Eclipse Foods does

Eclipse Foods is building the future of dairy using micelles (the microscopic magic of milk.) Eclipse has developed the world's first plant-based dairy platform which makes plant-based products with the taste, texture, and functionality of conventional dairy. We are transforming the $500B dairy industry and have raised over $60M from leading investors such as Y Combinator, the chairman of Beyond Meat, the founder of Reddit, the creator of Gmail, Forerunner Ventures, Sozo Ventures, Initialized Capital, and more. Our mission is to create a more sustainable, healthy, and humane food system by making plant-based foods that require no sacrifice.

Eclipse Foods's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Eclipse Foods, Winter 2019 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Eclipse Foods

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Plant-based dairy made with micelles

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

We make a plant-based dairy platform that recreates the taste, texture, and function of real milk using micelles - the microscopic structures responsible for milk's properties. Our products can replace conventional dairy in everything from cheese to creamers without compromise.

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

We live in Oakland, CA, and the company is based there.

Explain your decision regarding location.

We're in Oakland because it's where we built the initial technology and where both founders live and can work full-time. It's also close to the Bay Area's food tech ecosystem and potential partners.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Eclipse Foods YC application?

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