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Black Opal Ventures vs Y Combinator

Black Opal Ventures lists 9 portfolio companies and has joined 9 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Black Opal Ventures comes in most often at Series A (38% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Ansa.

9Portfolio companies5,150
9Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
6Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Black Opal Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
Black Opal VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies95,150
Funding rounds joined93,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months6579
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%
Seed25%98%
Series A38%1%
Series B38%0%
Growth0%1%

Black Opal VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Black Opal Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
Black Opal VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A38%1%
Series B38%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech80%11%
AI & Machine Learning0%26%
Fintech0%13%
Enterprise Software0%10%
Cybersecurity10%5%
Space & Defense10%5%

Black Opal VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of Black Opal Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Black Opal VenturesY Combinator
Healthcare & Biotech80%11%
AI & Machine Learning0%26%
Fintech0%13%
Enterprise Software0%10%
Cybersecurity10%5%
Space & Defense10%5%

Companies both back

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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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