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BGF vs Y Combinator

BGF lists 339 portfolio companies and has joined 21 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. BGF comes in most often at Series A (63% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Miracle and Reflex.

339Portfolio companies5,151
21Funding rounds joined3,388
12Rounds led2,960
15Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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BGF and Y Combinator, head to head
BGFY Combinator
Portfolio companies3395,151
Funding rounds joined213,388
Rounds led122,960
Rounds, last 12 months15579
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%
Seed5%98%
Series A63%1%
Series B21%0%
Growth11%1%

BGFY Combinator

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Entry stages of BGF and Y Combinator, share of entries
BGFY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed5%98%
Series A63%1%
Series B21%0%
Growth11%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning10%26%
Healthcare & Biotech19%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%4%
Fintech6%13%
Enterprise Software7%10%
Education8%5%

BGFY Combinator

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Themes of BGF and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
BGFY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning10%26%
Healthcare & Biotech19%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%4%
Fintech6%13%
Enterprise Software7%10%
Education8%5%

Companies both back

2

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/bgf.co.uk/coinvestors
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