MantleBio YC Application

Summer 2023Inactive

MantleBio went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2023 batch as a B2B 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 2023
Industry: B2B
Team size: 7
Status: Inactive
Launched: 2023

Founders

Emily DamatoFounder
Madeline SchadeFounder

What MantleBio does

Mantle brings modern data engineering to the lab to help scientists turn insights into world-changing breakthroughs.

MantleBio's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

MantleBio, Summer 2023 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

MantleBio

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Transform scientific data into discoveries

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

We are building a data engineering platform tailored for scientific labs. Our product streamlines messy lab data workflows, making it easier for scientists to extract insights and accelerate research. It connects directly to lab instruments and existing data sources, allowing teams to automate data cleaning, integration, and analysis without heavy engineering overhead.

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

We live and work remotely, without a fixed location. After YC, we would likely continue as remote founders or find a base in the Bay Area to be close to customers and investors.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Science and biotech research happens worldwide, so being remote gives us flexibility. YC's network and resources in the Bay Area would make relocating reasonable post-acceptance to better access the biotech ecosystem.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real MantleBio YC application?

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