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Bain Capital Ventures vs Y Combinator

Bain Capital Ventures lists 239 portfolio companies and has joined 93 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Bain Capital Ventures comes in most often at Series B (32% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 22 companies are on both portfolios, among them Alloy, Apollo and Cofactr.

239Portfolio companies5,151
93Funding rounds joined3,388
36Rounds led2,960
55Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Bain Capital Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
Bain Capital VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies2395,151
Funding rounds joined933,388
Rounds led362,960
Rounds, last 12 months55579
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%
Seed20%98%
Series A28%1%
Series B32%0%
Growth20%1%

Bain Capital VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Bain Capital Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
Bain Capital VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed20%98%
Series A28%1%
Series B32%0%
Growth20%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Fintech16%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Cybersecurity10%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%

Bain Capital VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of Bain Capital Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Bain Capital VenturesY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Fintech16%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Cybersecurity10%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%

Companies both back

22

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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