funding_articleMay 20, 2026Confidence: high
Bindwell | Y Combinator
YC Winter 2025 batch; AI-designed pesticides with Foldwell, PLAPT, APPT models.
Affected score: yesObserved: May 20, 2026Round: Pre-Seed
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Bindwell
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Beta
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Investor read
Evidence-bound summary — expand sections for movement, risks, and signals.
Memo snapshot · May 20, 2026, 6:19 PM
Beta
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What they do
Bindwell — AI Pesticide Discovery Deep learning for safer, more effective pesticides.
Funding
Raised $6.5M across 2 funding rounds. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Jan 2025). Investors: Y Combinator, Character Capital. (High).
Quick read
- •Bindwell — AI Pesticide Discovery Deep learning for safer, more effective pesticides.
- •Reported angle: Teen founders raise $6M — TechCrunch
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 2 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 1 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Stage
Seed (YC)
Evidence summary
Verified facts
- •Bindwell — AI Pesticide Discovery Deep learning for safer, more effective pesticides.
- •Reported angle: Teen founders raise $6M — TechCrunch
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 2 funding‑related row(s), 0 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 1 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Recent movers
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Bindwell | Y Combinator
- •May 20, 2026 · techcrunch.com — Teen founders raise $6M — TechCrunch
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Bindwell | Y Combinator
- •May 20, 2026 · techcrunch.com — Teen founders raise $6M — TechCrunch
- •Y Combinator
- •Character Capital
Funding
Raised $6.5M across 2 funding rounds. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Jan 2025). Investors: Y Combinator, Character Capital. (High).
Hiring
No hiring/careers evidence indexed (Low).
GitHub
No GitHub‑linked evidence indexed (Low).
Product / news
1 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings (High).
Traffic / social
No traffic/social evidence indexed (Low).
Funding & hiring signals
Open roles (indexed)
No open roles indexed yet.
Failed or blocked links
- public_page:_pressnot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:51 AM
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- public_page:_newsnot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:51 AM
HTTP 404
- public_page:_companynot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:51 AM
HTTP 404
- public_page:_careersnot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:51 AM
HTTP 404
- public_page:_blognot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:51 AM
HTTP 404
- public_page:_aboutnot_foundLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:51 AM
HTTP 404
DealFlow growth score
42.0Limited recent public signal
7D+0%
30D+0%
Needs Review
The score is an algorithmic estimate based on observed public company-level signals. It may be incomplete, stale, or inaccurate and is not investment, legal, tax, or business advice.
Source health
- public_market_enrichmentokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:51 AM
- public_page:_jobsokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:51 AM
- public_page:_okLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:51 AM
- public_page:homeokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:51 AM
DealFlow score momentum
427D +030D +0
100500
More runs will build history.
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Signal breakdown
Latest momentum signal per category. Expand a card to inspect raw payloads.
Public source summary
- Total evidence rows
- 3
- Latest evidence
- Wed, May 20, 06:18 PM
Source types found
company_sitefunding_articlepress
Strongest / recent news-style rows
Bindwell | Y Combinator
Wed, May 20, 06:18 PM · confidence 88%high quality
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bindwellTeen founders raise $6M — TechCrunch
Wed, May 20, 06:18 PM · confidence 85%high quality
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/teen-founders-raise-6m-to-reinvent-pesticides-using-ai-and-convince-paul-graham-to-join-in/
Public signal timeline
Newest first · 3 event(s)
1
Wed, May 20, 06:18 PM · company_site · 85% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Bindwell — AI Pesticide Discovery
Deep learning for safer, more effective pesticides.
2
Wed, May 20, 06:18 PM · funding_article · 88% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Bindwell | Y Combinator
YC Winter 2025 batch; AI-designed pesticides with Foldwell, PLAPT, APPT models.
3
Wed, May 20, 06:18 PM · press · 85% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Teen founders raise $6M — TechCrunch
Coverage of Bindwell seed and Paul Graham participation.
Official / company site
1 row(s)
company_site·Wed, May 20, 06:18 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
Bindwell — AI Pesticide Discovery
Deep learning for safer, more effective pesticides.
https://bindwell.ai/News
1 row(s)
press·Wed, May 20, 06:18 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
Teen founders raise $6M — TechCrunch
Coverage of Bindwell seed and Paul Graham participation.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/teen-founders-raise-6m-to-reinvent-pesticides-using-ai-and-convince-paul-graham-to-join-in/Funding / news
1 row(s)
funding_article·Wed, May 20, 06:18 PM·Confidence 88%high qualityverified_public
Bindwell | Y Combinator
YC Winter 2025 batch; AI-designed pesticides with Foldwell, PLAPT, APPT models.
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