Ovipost YC Başvurusu

Winter 2018Inactive

Ovipost, Industrials şirketi olarak Winter 2018 grubunda Y Combinator'dan geçti. Aşağıda: şirketin ne yaptığı, kimin kurduğu ve gerçek YC formunda yeniden yapılandırılmış YC başvurusu.

YC grubu: Winter 2018
Sektör: IndustrialsAgriculture
Ekip büyüklüğü: 20
Durum: Inactive
Lansmanı Yapıldı: 2017

Kurucular

Trina ChiassonFounder/CEO
James RicciFounder/CTO

Ovipost ne yapar

Ovipost builds automated insect farms. Insects are the most efficient way to convert abundant, cheap byproducts into nutritionally dense protein. Today live insects are a $175m industry in the US, but the future of the industry is leveraging their excellent amino acid profiles and superior digestibility to replace fishmeal ($9.5B industry) and other expensive proteins in animal feeds. Led by co-founders Trina Chiasson (sold Infoactive to Tableau) and Teq Sassmannshaus (biotech hardware engineer), the Ovipost team has deep experience in hardware, software, and biology.

Ovipost'in YC başvurusu, yeniden yapılandırılmış

Y Combinator başvurusu

Ovipost, Winter 2018 dönemi. Gerçek form soruları, herkese açık verilerden yanıtlandı.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Ovipost

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Automated insect farming

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

We are building automated insect farms that convert cheap agricultural byproducts into high-protein insect biomass. Our system monitors and manages insect growth cycles to produce nutritionally dense live insects more efficiently than manual farms. This protein can replace costly fishmeal and other feed ingredients.

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

We are currently based in LaBelle, Florida and would stay here after YC. This location is near key agricultural resources and logistics infrastructure.

Explain your decision regarding location.

LaBelle is where our hardware lab and insect research facilities are. Being close to cheap feedstock sources and agricultural markets reduces costs and lets us test in real environments.

Tam başvuruda 21 ek cevap

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference tam sürümde. YC Insights'ta, diğer her YC grubu yanında açmak için ücretsiz bir hesap oluşturun.

Tüm başvuruyu gör

Sıkça Sorulan Sorular

Bu, Ovipost şirketinin gerçek YC başvurusu mu?

Hayır. Y Combinator gönderilen başvuruları gizli tutar. Bu bir yeniden yapılandırmadır: gerçek YC form soruları, Ovipost'in kamuya açık verilerinden (lansman notları, kurucu geçmişleri, ürün açıklaması) yanıtlanmıştır. Ovipost gibi bir şirketin YC'ye kendisini nasıl sunacağını gösterir, gönderdikleri metni değil.