Experiment.com (YC W13) Gains Big Venture Backers To Bring Crowdfunding To Science Research

by Kat Mañalac2/5/2014

Frustrated  by unpredictable and often political funding for science research, a handful of young researchers think they’ve found the answer: crowdfunding.

The researchers–who have backgrounds in synthetic biology, rocket science and other disciplines–built much of  their startup, Experiment.com, while at the Y Combinator accelerator in 2013.

Top investors including Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz have now invested in the San Francisco-based startup, which launches its platform today.

Author

  • Kat Mañalac

    Kat is the Managing Outreach Officer at YC. She was Chief of Staff to Alexis Ohanian, cofounder of reddit, before joining YC as its Director of Outreach. Prior to that, Kat was at WIRED Magazine.