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8i Ventures vs Y Combinator

8i Ventures lists 24 portfolio companies and has joined 9 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. 8i Ventures comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Bharatx.

24Portfolio companies5,150
9Funding rounds joined3,388
4Rounds led2,960
5Rounds, last 12 months579
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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8i Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
8i VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies245,150
Funding rounds joined93,388
Rounds led42,960
Rounds, last 12 months5579
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5Munder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed71%98%
Series A14%1%
Series B14%0%
Growth0%1%

8i VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of 8i Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
8i VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed71%98%
Series A14%1%
Series B14%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech30%13%
AI & Machine Learning13%26%
E-commerce & Marketplaces13%5%
Enterprise Software13%10%
Healthcare & Biotech0%11%
Food & Agriculture8%0%

8i VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of 8i Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
8i VenturesY Combinator
Fintech30%13%
AI & Machine Learning13%26%
E-commerce & Marketplaces13%5%
Enterprise Software13%10%
Healthcare & Biotech0%11%
Food & Agriculture8%0%

Companies both back

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Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded

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