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Bessemer Venture Partners vs Y Combinator

Bessemer Venture Partners lists 496 portfolio companies and has joined 157 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Bessemer Venture Partners comes in most often at Seed (28% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 30 companies are on both portfolios, among them Bankjoy, Boom Supersonic and Fern.

496Portfolio companies5,151
157Funding rounds joined3,388
74Rounds led2,960
95Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Bessemer Venture Partners and Y Combinator, head to head
Bessemer Venture PartnersY Combinator
Portfolio companies4965,151
Funding rounds joined1573,388
Rounds led742,960
Rounds, last 12 months95579
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%
Seed28%98%
Series A24%1%
Series B24%0%
Growth24%1%

Bessemer Venture PartnersY Combinator

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Entry stages of Bessemer Venture Partners and Y Combinator, share of entries
Bessemer Venture PartnersY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed28%98%
Series A24%1%
Series B24%0%
Growth24%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%26%
Fintech12%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech12%11%
Cybersecurity9%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%

Bessemer Venture PartnersY Combinator

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Themes of Bessemer Venture Partners and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Bessemer Venture PartnersY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning22%26%
Fintech12%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech12%11%
Cybersecurity9%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%

Companies both back

30

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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