Planet A Foods YC Application
Planet A Foods went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2021 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
- Summer 2021
- Industry
- ConsumerFood and Beverage
- Team size
- 6
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2021
Founders
Maximilian MarquartFounder
Sara MarquartFounder
What Planet A Foods does
Imagine a world without chocolate. Horrifying, right? But the supply of cocoa is endangered and chocolate is as bad as meat for our planet. We make future-proof chocolate using precision fermentation. Doing this, our chocolate is 10x more sustainable and 20% cheaper than conventional chocolate. In order to mimic the organoleptic properties of chocolate (tender, smoothly melting taste release) we are working on the flavor itself but also on replacing the cocoa butter. 55 Mio lbs of chocolate are consumed every day. By 2035 we will substitute a big chunk of it through our sustainable chocolate. In addition, we are working on extending our technology platform to additional ingredients such as palm oil.
Planet A Foods's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Planet A Foods, Summer 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Planet A Foods
Building next-generation sustainable food ingredients
We make sustainable chocolate using precision fermentation to replace cocoa and its butter, delivering chocolate that tastes and melts like the real thing while being more sustainable and cheaper than conventional options. We also plan to adapt our platform to produce other ingredients like palm oil.
We live in Munich, Germany, and the company is based there.
Munich is where we started and built our team. It has strong biotech and food tech resources, and we want to remain here after YC to stay close to our network and labs.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Planet A Foods YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Planet A Foods's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Planet A Foods would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Planet A Foods in?
Planet A Foods was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2021 batch.
Who founded Planet A Foods?
Planet A Foods was founded by Maximilian Marquart, Sara Marquart.
What does Planet A Foods do?
Building the next generation food ingredient champion.
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
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