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ARK Venture Fund vs Y Combinator

ARK Venture Fund lists 64 portfolio companies and has joined 27 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. ARK Venture Fund comes in most often at Growth (48% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 6 companies are on both portfolios, among them Boom Supersonic, Flexport and Kalshi.

64Portfolio companies5,150
27Funding rounds joined3,388
2Rounds led2,960
18Rounds, last 12 months579
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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ARK Venture Fund and Y Combinator, head to head
ARK Venture FundY Combinator
Portfolio companies645,150
Funding rounds joined273,388
Rounds led22,960
Rounds, last 12 months18579
Typical round it comes in at$100M or moreunder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed4%0%
Seed4%98%
Series A20%1%
Series B24%0%
Growth48%1%

ARK Venture FundY Combinator

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Entry stages of ARK Venture Fund and Y Combinator, share of entries
ARK Venture FundY Combinator
Pre-seed4%0%
Seed4%98%
Series A20%1%
Series B24%0%
Growth48%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning28%26%
Healthcare & Biotech17%11%
Fintech10%13%
Enterprise Software7%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%4%
Gaming6%0%

ARK Venture FundY Combinator

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Themes of ARK Venture Fund and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
ARK Venture FundY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning28%26%
Healthcare & Biotech17%11%
Fintech10%13%
Enterprise Software7%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%4%
Gaming6%0%

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/ark-funds.com/coinvestors
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