Which YC batch was Ovipost in?

Ovipost was in Y Combinator's Winter 2018 batch (W18).

Is Ovipost still active?

Y Combinator lists Ovipost as inactive.

Where is Ovipost based?

Ovipost lists LaBelle, FL, USA as its location on YC's directory.

Ovipost: YC W18 company, inactive

Founders

Not read from YC yet; the weekly run fills these in.

Same space

Competitors

Closest in what they build, same category.

EntocycleS17Automated factory to produce insect protein for farm animals.Shared: food tech, agricultureActive
MolagriS26Resistance free pesticides.Shared: biotech, climate, agricultureActive
Modular ScienceS17We're making it easier to do sustainable farming.Shared: agricultureInactive

Adjacent

Overlapping tags, a different niche.

Micro MeatS21Technologies for scaling up cultured/clean meat productionShared: biotech, climate, food techInactive
Ohmic BiosciencesS23Genetically engineering plants for disease resistance.Shared: biotech, climate, agricultureActive
Nobell FoodsS17Cheese and dairy products from plant-derived dairy proteinsShared: climate, food tech, climatetechActive
HedgehogS22Building robotic mushroom farmsShared: climate, food tech, agricultureActive
Alga BiosciencesW22We stop cows from burping methane.Shared: biotech, climate, agricultureActive

Also from W18

Batchmates in Winter 2018.

About Ovipost

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.

LaBelle, FL, USA