Which YC batch was Birch Biosciences in?

Birch Biosciences was in Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch (S22).

Is Birch Biosciences still active?

Y Combinator lists Birch Biosciences as active.

Where is Birch Biosciences based?

Birch Biosciences lists Portland, OR, USA as its location on YC's directory.

Birch Biosciences: YC S22 company, active

Founders

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Same space

Competitors

Closest in what they build, same category.

Ligo BiosciencesS24Enzyme design models.Shared: synthetic biology, biotech, climateActive
Pando BioscienceW23Gen-AI Designed Enzymes for Pharmaceutical InnovationShared: synthetic biology, biotechActive
AtmetoW23Building a frontier world model for powerShared: machine learning, climate, climatetechActive

Adjacent

Overlapping tags, a different niche.

Genecis BioW20Makes guilt-free plastics from food wasteShared: synthetic biology, climate, climatetechActive
Living CarbonW20maximizing biomass on low quality landShared: synthetic biology, biotech, climateActive
Ohmic BiosciencesS23Genetically engineering plants for disease resistance.Shared: synthetic biology, biotech, climateActive
InvertW22Data analytics software for biomanufacturing.Shared: machine learning, synthetic biology, biotechActive
WaterplanS21Water risk mitigation for industrial sitesShared: machine learning, climate, climatetechActive

Also from S22 in AI

Batchmates in Summer 2022.

About Birch Biosciences

Birch Biosciences engineers enzymes for plastic recycling using synthetic biology and machine learning. Our enzymes function as high performance “molecular scissors” that efficiently break down plastic polymers into chemical building blocks that can be used to manufacture high quality recycled plastic products. Today, plastic manufacturing is unsustainable and a major driver of climate change. Birch Biosciences is developing an economical end-to-end plastic recycling process that reduces carbon emissions by 70% and enables a circular plastic economy.

Portland, OR, USA