33 YC Industrial Bio Startups (Healthcare)

33 YC companies fall under Industrial Bio, YC's Healthcare subcategory, across every batch since 2005. Each row shows the one-liner, batch, HQ and status, and links to a reconstruction of the company's YC application in the real form.

Companies
33
Top locations
San Francisco, Boston and New York
YC top companies
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33 reconstructed applications

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20n
20nUsing AI to predict biochemistry for manufacturing and therapeutics
Winter 2015San Francisco, CAInactive
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Ansa Biotechnologies
Ansa BiotechnologiesNext-generation DNA synthesis using enzymes
Winter 2020Emeryville, CAActive
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BLUUMBIO
BLUUMBIOWe make bacteria and plants that clean up pollution.
Summer 2021San Francisco, CAActive
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Brown Foods
Brown FoodsMaking 'REAL' Cow and Human Milk!
Winter 2022Boston, MAActive
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Culture Biosciences
Culture BiosciencesWe grow cells for biotech companies.
Winter 2018South San Francisco, CAActive

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Current Foods
Current FoodsImpossible foods of seafood.
Summer 2020San Francisco, CAAcquired
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Halmos Labs
Halmos LabsMaximum information per experiment, minimum experiments per conclusion
Fall 2026Lund, Skåne County, SwedenActive
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Infera
InferaControl lab instruments with natural language.
Spring 2026San Francisco, CAActive
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Invert
InvertData analytics software for biomanufacturing.
Winter 2022San Francisco, CAActive
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Kern Systems
Kern SystemsUsing DNA to store data.
Summer 2019Boston, MAActive
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Kingdom
KingdomNatural functional ingredients that actually work
Summer 2020New York, NYActive
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Ligo Biosciences
Ligo BiosciencesEnzyme design models.
Summer 2024San Francisco, CAActive
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Mytos
MytosRobotic human cell manufacturing
Summer 2018London, England, United KingdomActive
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Solugen
SolugenDecarbonizing the chemicals industry.
Winter 2017Houston, TXActive
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Spero Foods
Spero Foodsdairy reinvented from plants
Summer 2018Oakland, CAInactive
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Synvivia
SynviviaSynvivia applies chemical control over cell behavior
Summer 2016Berkeley, CAActive
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Volta Labs, Inc.
Volta Labs, Inc.Unlocking the utility of genomics for the world.
Winter 2019Cambridge, MAActive

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many Y Combinator companies are in Industrial Bio (Healthcare)?

This directory lists 33 YC companies in Industrial Bio (Healthcare), out of 6,207 across every batch since 2005. The count updates when the directory is refreshed, and every one of them is on this page with a link to its public profile.

Are the YC applications on these pages real?

No. YC keeps submitted applications private. Every application linked from this list is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from the company's public data. The Company section is free on each page; the rest opens in YC Insights.

Which companies on this page are best known?

Ginkgo Bioworks lead the table above. YC marks 1 of the 33 companies here as top companies, its own list of the highest-valued and highest-revenue alumni.

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