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Y Combinator

Y Combinator is a startup accelerator based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2005. It has pioneered a new funding model for early-stage startups by investing a modest amount of capital, typically around $150,000, in a large number of companies twice a year. Over a three-month program, Y Combinator collaborates closely with these startups to prepare them for investor pitches and enhance their business strategies. Each funding cycle concludes with Demo Day, where startups present to an exclusive audience of investors. Y Combinator focuses on various sectors, including business software, education, healthcare, and financial technology, among others. In addition to initial funding, it offers ongoing support through its extensive alumni network. Since its inception, Y Combinator has funded over 630 startups, contributing significantly to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Silicon Valley and beyond.

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Gustaf Alstromer

Group Partner

Matt Bogrand

Associate, YC Continuity Fund

Timothy Brady

Partner

Craig R. Cannon

Director of Marketing

Adora Cheung

Partner

Nic Dardenne

Principal

Aaron Epstein

Group Partner

Brad Flora

Group Partner

Jared Friedman

Managing Director, Software and Group Partner

Aaron Harris

Partner

Carolynn Levy

Partner

Bradford (Brad) Lightcap

Associate, YC Continuity

Kat Manalac

Managing Partner

Eric Migicovsky

Partner

Kirsty Nathoo

Partner

Verena Prescher

Director of Finance

Geoff Ralston

president

Ali Rowghani

Managing Partner

Arnav Sahu

Principal

Michael Seibel

Managing Director

Harj Taggar

Partner

Past deals in Biofuel

BluumBio

Pre Seed Round in 2021
BluumBio develops cutting-edge bioremediation technologies and services, offering scalable solutions for companies of all sizes. BluumBio makes bacteria and plants eat toxic chemicals that clean up pollution.

Current Foods

Seed Round in 2021
Kuleana creates plant-based alternatives for people's seafood favorites, using plants and biotechnology without the environmental and ethical consequences.

Remora

Seed Round in 2021
Remora's device captures the carbon emissions from a semi truck. We sell the captured carbon dioxide to concrete producers and other end users, helping companies earn new revenue while meeting their climate commitments.

Orbillion Bio

Seed Round in 2021
Orbillion Bio, Inc., a food-tech company, develops cultured meat products using a small tissue sample from heritage cattle breeds. It develops premium cell-based meat products from heritage cell lines that are directly sourced from farmers. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Fremont, California.

Remora

Seed Round in 2021
Remora's device captures the carbon emissions from a semi truck. We sell the captured carbon dioxide to concrete producers and other end users, helping companies earn new revenue while meeting their climate commitments.

Future Fields

Seed Round in 2021
Future Fields is a Canadian company dedicated to advancing cellular agriculture by creating accessible consumer products. The company specializes in developing cost-effective and serum-free growth media essential for the production of cultured meat. Additionally, Future Fields focuses on insect-based recombinant protein to enhance sustainability in protein production. By producing vital growth components for cell culture, the company aims to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture while maximizing social benefits. Through these innovations, Future Fields seeks to enable the agriculture industry to produce cell-based foods in a more efficient and sustainable manner.

Future Fields

Seed Round in 2020
Future Fields is a Canadian company dedicated to advancing cellular agriculture by creating accessible consumer products. The company specializes in developing cost-effective and serum-free growth media essential for the production of cultured meat. Additionally, Future Fields focuses on insect-based recombinant protein to enhance sustainability in protein production. By producing vital growth components for cell culture, the company aims to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture while maximizing social benefits. Through these innovations, Future Fields seeks to enable the agriculture industry to produce cell-based foods in a more efficient and sustainable manner.

Current Foods

Seed Round in 2020
Kuleana creates plant-based alternatives for people's seafood favorites, using plants and biotechnology without the environmental and ethical consequences.

Farm Theory

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Farm Theory is an agritech platform that sources “ugly” and “imperfect” farm produce from farmers — which are otherwise healthy to eat but are not sold in the market due to imperfections — and sells it to restaurants.

C16 Biosciences

Series A in 2020
C16 Biosciences, Inc. manufactures palm oil alternative using microbes and fermenting the palm oil in laboratory. The company manufactures the alternative for the food manufacturers, refiners, traders, and consumers of palm oil. C16 Biosciences, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

MyPetrolPump

Seed Round in 2019
MyPetrolPump Inc. operates an online platform to provide doorstep delivery of diesel for generator sets, cars, fleet vehicles, etc. It operates refueling tankers for door delivery of fuel. MyPetrolPump Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Prometheus Fuels

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Prometheus is an oil and gas company.

Entocycle

Seed Round in 2018
Entocycle Ltd produces insect based protein animal feed. The company raises black larvae in an automated system where pods monitor and analyze their development and environment. It also picks food waste from farms, factories, and the catering industry to mass produce insects which act as sustainable source of protein. The company caters to feed suppliers, retailers, food, and agricultural industries. Entocycle Ltd was founded in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

C16 Biosciences

Seed Round in 2018
C16 Biosciences, Inc. manufactures palm oil alternative using microbes and fermenting the palm oil in laboratory. The company manufactures the alternative for the food manufacturers, refiners, traders, and consumers of palm oil. C16 Biosciences, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Lygos

Series B in 2018
Lygos is providing biotechnology solutions for today’s renewable chemical challenges. They engineer microbes to convert sugars into high-value, industrial chemicals, targeting compounds where biological production is cost-advantaged over petrochemical production. The company's throughput screening and strain construction facilitate the rapid optimization of pathways to convert cheap and renewable feedstock to high-value chemicals. Founded in 2011, Lygos is headquartered in Berkeley, California.

Entocycle

Seed Round in 2017
Entocycle Ltd produces insect based protein animal feed. The company raises black larvae in an automated system where pods monitor and analyze their development and environment. It also picks food waste from farms, factories, and the catering industry to mass produce insects which act as sustainable source of protein. The company caters to feed suppliers, retailers, food, and agricultural industries. Entocycle Ltd was founded in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Releaf

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Releaf is an online marketplace based in Nigeria that connects agribusiness buyers and sellers with customers. Founded in 2017, the company specializes in various agricultural products, including cassava, palm oil, ginger, cashew nuts, fish, maize, cocoa, kola nuts, yam, and sesame seeds. Releaf addresses the procurement challenges faced by African food factories, which often operate at less than 30% capacity, by employing advanced pre-processing technology. The company's proprietary oil palm de-sheller significantly enhances input quality, operating 25 times faster than traditional methods, which can double factory margins and recoup costs in under three months. Releaf has garnered support from notable investors, including Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Y Combinator.

Lygos

Series A in 2016
Lygos is providing biotechnology solutions for today’s renewable chemical challenges. They engineer microbes to convert sugars into high-value, industrial chemicals, targeting compounds where biological production is cost-advantaged over petrochemical production. The company's throughput screening and strain construction facilitate the rapid optimization of pathways to convert cheap and renewable feedstock to high-value chemicals. Founded in 2011, Lygos is headquartered in Berkeley, California.

Reebeez

Seed Round in 2016
Reebeez creates powerful microengines for UAVs and locomotive robots. Our patented technology results in a specific energy 8x better than batteries at a third of the cost. Reebeez expands the possibilities and applications of UAVs by allowing a drone that can currently fly for only 20 min fly for 2 hours!

Lygos

Seed Round in 2016
Lygos is providing biotechnology solutions for today’s renewable chemical challenges. They engineer microbes to convert sugars into high-value, industrial chemicals, targeting compounds where biological production is cost-advantaged over petrochemical production. The company's throughput screening and strain construction facilitate the rapid optimization of pathways to convert cheap and renewable feedstock to high-value chemicals. Founded in 2011, Lygos is headquartered in Berkeley, California.

iMicrobes

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Industrial Microbes designs and builds microbes that produce better chemicals with lower costs and lower carbon emissions. We use greenhouse gases as the raw materials, including biogas, natural gas, and carbon dioxide. We scale our process with global chemical producers.

Helion Energy

Seed Round in 2014
Helion is developing the Fusion Engine, a near term and low-cost solution for clean, safe energy. The Fusion Engine's patented reactor technology is based on award-winning and peer-reviewed research. Recent technology breakthroughs enable clean fusion energy now.

TAXA Biotechnologies

Seed Round in 2014
TAXA Biotechnologies enable cheaper, faster, and better genetic engineering of plants. They offer our platform both as a service to other companies and use it internally to develop our own engineered plants. We make money from platform access service fees and from royalties on the sale of the final products. Our first product is a Glowing Plant, which was the first Kickstarter for a synthetic biology application earning us over $600k in pre-orders. We are also close to shipping a Fragrant Moss.