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8VC vs Y Combinator

8VC lists 202 portfolio companies and has joined 101 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. 8VC comes in most often at Series A (34% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 14 companies are on both portfolios, among them Airbyte, candidhealth.com and Casetext.

202Portfolio companies5,153
101Funding rounds joined3,388
25Rounds led2,960
68Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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8VC and Y Combinator, head to head
8VCY Combinator
Portfolio companies2025,153
Funding rounds joined1013,388
Rounds led252,960
Rounds, last 12 months68579
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100Munder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed20%98%
Series A34%1%
Series B21%0%
Growth24%1%

8VCY Combinator

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Entry stages of 8VC and Y Combinator, share of entries
8VCY Combinator
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed20%98%
Series A34%1%
Series B21%0%
Growth24%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning28%26%
Healthcare & Biotech23%11%
Fintech11%13%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%
Cybersecurity5%5%

8VCY Combinator

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Themes of 8VC and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
8VCY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning28%26%
Healthcare & Biotech23%11%
Fintech11%13%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%
Cybersecurity5%5%

Companies both back

14

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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GET /v1/firms/ycombinator.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/8vc.com/coinvestors
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