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Alven vs Y Combinator

Alven lists 125 portfolio companies and has joined 14 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Alven comes in most often at Seed (43% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 6 companies are on both portfolios, among them algolia, Carbonfact and Mindee.

125Portfolio companies5,153
14Funding rounds joined3,388
4Rounds led2,960
11Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Alven and Y Combinator, head to head
AlvenY Combinator
Portfolio companies1255,153
Funding rounds joined143,388
Rounds led42,960
Rounds, last 12 months11579
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-seed0%0%
Seed43%98%
Series A21%1%
Series B14%0%
Growth21%1%

AlvenY Combinator

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Entry stages of Alven and Y Combinator, share of entries
AlvenY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed43%98%
Series A21%1%
Series B14%0%
Growth21%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning15%26%
Fintech11%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%5%
Media & Entertainment7%3%

AlvenY Combinator

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Themes of Alven and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
AlvenY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning15%26%
Fintech11%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%5%
Media & Entertainment7%3%

Companies both back

6

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/alven.co/coinvestors
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