Reshape Biotech YC Application

Winter 2021Active

Reshape Biotech went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2021 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: Winter 2021
Industry: HealthcareIndustrial Bio
Team size: 40
Status: Active
Launched: 2021

Founders

Carl-Emil Grøn FuglesangFounder
Magnus Nyborg MadsenFounder
Daniel StorgaardFounder

What Reshape Biotech does

Reshape Biotech builds lab robots that automate the everyday tasks of microbiologists, from filling plates to analyzing images. Other companies try to sell “one lab robot that does everything”. But those robots become so complicated that they sit unused on the shelf. We build one robot for each function, which makes them easy to use.

Reshape Biotech's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

Reshape Biotech, Winter 2021 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Reshape Biotech

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Robots that automate microbiologists' tasks

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

We build lab robots that automate everyday microbiology tasks like filling plates and analyzing images. Unlike companies selling complex all-in-one lab robots that often end up unused, we focus on making simple, single-function robots that are easy to operate and actually get used in labs.

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

We live and are based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the company would remain here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Our robotics and biotech expertise is rooted in Copenhagen's strong science environment; staying here keeps us close to users, engineers, and microbiologists we work with.

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.

See full application

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real Reshape Biotech YC application?

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