Healthcare

OpenBiome

Website
Founded 2013Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

We are a nonprofit stool bank, expanding safe access to fecal transplants and catalyzing research on the human microbiome.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Carolyn Edelstein

Founder

Carolyn Edelstein is OpenBiome’s Executive Director. She previously worked at Development Innovation Ventures, a program at USAID designed to fund ideas that could improve millions of lives in more cost-effective ways than standard international development approaches. Carolyn helped launch the Global Innovation Fund, a $200M multilateral development fund built on the DIV model, before co-founding OpenBiome.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
70team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2013 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Y Combinator

Profile depthverified profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedBoston, MA, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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