Living Carbon YC Application
Living Carbon went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2020 batch as a Industrials 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 2020
- Industry
- IndustrialsClimate
- Team size
- 40
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2021
Founders
Maddie HallFounder
What Living Carbon does
transforming degraded land into high quality environmental assets using end to end operational expertise and precision breeding.
Living Carbon's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Living Carbon, Winter 2020 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Living Carbon
Maximizing biomass on low quality land
We develop trees engineered through precision breeding to grow faster and store more carbon. Our product combines genetic modifications with end-to-end operations to transform degraded land into productive carbon sinks and environmental assets.
We live in San Francisco, CA, and the company is based there.
San Francisco gives us access to biotech talent and venture capital, critical for a synthetic biology startup building climate solutions.
21 more answers in the full application
Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Living Carbon YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Living Carbon's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Living Carbon would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Living Carbon in?
Living Carbon was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 batch.
Who founded Living Carbon?
Living Carbon was founded by Maddie Hall.
What does Living Carbon do?
maximizing biomass on low quality land
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Living Carbon's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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