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Base Case Capital vs Y Combinator

Base Case Capital lists 30 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Base Case Capital comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 8 companies are on both portfolios, among them 14.ai, Ashby and Mastra AI.

30Portfolio companies5,153
8Funding rounds joined3,388
1Rounds led2,960
5Rounds, last 12 months579
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Base Case Capital and Y Combinator, head to head
Base Case CapitalY Combinator
Portfolio companies305,153
Funding rounds joined83,388
Rounds led12,960
Rounds, last 12 months5579
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5Munder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed67%98%
Series A17%1%
Series B17%0%
Growth0%1%

Base Case CapitalY Combinator

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Entry stages of Base Case Capital and Y Combinator, share of entries
Base Case CapitalY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed67%98%
Series A17%1%
Series B17%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning32%26%
Fintech6%13%
Space & Defense11%5%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Healthcare & Biotech6%11%
Cybersecurity8%5%

Base Case CapitalY Combinator

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Themes of Base Case Capital and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Base Case CapitalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning32%26%
Fintech6%13%
Space & Defense11%5%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Healthcare & Biotech6%11%
Cybersecurity8%5%

Companies both back

8

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/basecase.vc/coinvestors
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