YCW13· OtherExperiment
crowdfunding platform for science
Founders
Not read from YC yet; the weekly run fills these in.
Same space
Competitors
Closest in what they build, same category.
Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
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About Experiment
Today's funders are so conservative they only fund the most obvious ideas. At Experiment, we fund the ideas that they won't fund; the ideas that matter. Since founding, over 47,000 citizens have pledged $9 million dollars supporting 900 scientific projects on the platform. 46% of all projects on Experiment are successfully funded. When the projects are finished, the scientists share the scientific results with their backers as lab notes and peer-reviewed publications. Scientists from Stanford, Harvard, and Yale have chosen to use Experiment instead of writing grants. Bill Gates recognized Experiment by saying "this solution helps close the gap for potentially-promising but unfunded projects."
Honolulu, HI, USA; Remote
Experiment: questions
Which YC batch was Experiment in?
Experiment was in Y Combinator's Winter 2013 batch (W13).
Is Experiment still active?
Y Combinator lists Experiment as active.
Where is Experiment based?
Experiment lists Honolulu, HI, USA; Remote as its location on YC's directory.
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