Kingdom YC Application

Summer 2020Active

Kingdom went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2020 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 2020
Industry: HealthcareIndustrial Bio
Team size: 18
Status: Active
Launched: 2020

Founders

Kendall DabaghiFounder
Ravi ShethFounder

What Kingdom does

Kingdom creates and sells Superculture® ingredients. Our Superculture® ingredients are an entirely new class of clinically-validated postbiotics that target the root causes of unmet pet health needs. Superculture® Pet Oral and Superculture® Pet Immune are our first two breakthrough ingredients, driving industry-leading efficacy and unlocking new marketing claims for brands.

Kingdom's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Kingdom, Summer 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Kingdom

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Natural functional ingredients that actually work

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

We make Superculture® ingredients - clinically validated postbiotics that target root causes of unmet pet health needs. Our first two ingredients improve pet oral health and immune function, providing brands with ingredients that deliver measurable effects and new marketing claims.

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

We currently live and work in New York, NY, and would continue to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York has the biotech and pet care ecosystem we need, plus access to customers and partners. It's where our team is based and has built early traction. Staying here keeps us close to critical resources and industry players.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Kingdom YC application?

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