Pina Earth YC Application

Winter 2022Acquired

Pina Earth went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2022 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 2022
Industry: IndustrialsClimate
Team size: 30
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2022

Founders

Gesa BiermannFounder
Florian FinckeFounder

What Pina Earth does

Pina Earth is building a suite of digital tools for data collection, monitoring, and certification of forest carbon projects. EU forests are at high risk due to climate change. With Pina Earth, forest owners can start high-quality carbon projects on their properties and use the new income stream to prepare their forests for a changing climate. Pina Earth and Tree.ly recently joined forces to create Europe's leading forest carbon platform:

Pina Earth's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Pina Earth, Winter 2022 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Pina Earth

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Unlocking carbon markets for European forest owners

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

We build digital tools that collect data, monitor, and certify forest carbon projects in Europe. Our platform helps forest owners start high-quality carbon projects and generate income to make their forests more resilient to climate change.

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

We are based in Munich, BY, Germany and would continue operating there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Munich is our base because that's where we are rooted, and it's a growing hub for climate tech. Being close to European forest owners and markets here matters for our work unlocking carbon credits in this region.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Pina Earth YC application?

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