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AIN Ventures vs Y Combinator

AIN Ventures lists 46 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. AIN Ventures comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Icarus, Inversion Space and Mbodi AI.

46Portfolio companies5,153
4Funding rounds joined3,388
1Rounds led2,960
3Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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AIN Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
AIN VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies465,153
Funding rounds joined43,388
Rounds led12,960
Rounds, last 12 months3579
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-seed25%0%
Seed50%98%
Series A25%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

AIN VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of AIN Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
AIN VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed25%0%
Seed50%98%
Series A25%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning43%26%
Healthcare & Biotech16%11%
Fintech4%13%
Enterprise Software5%10%
Space & Defense8%5%
Cybersecurity7%5%

AIN VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of AIN Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
AIN VenturesY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning43%26%
Healthcare & Biotech16%11%
Fintech4%13%
Enterprise Software5%10%
Space & Defense8%5%
Cybersecurity7%5%

Companies both back

3

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/ainventures.com/coinvestors
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