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Bloomberg Beta vs Y Combinator

Bloomberg Beta lists 22 portfolio companies and has joined 26 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Bloomberg Beta comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Trayd and Poly.

22Portfolio companies5,151
26Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
15Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Bloomberg Beta and Y Combinator, head to head
Bloomberg BetaY Combinator
Portfolio companies225,151
Funding rounds joined263,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months15579
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20Munder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed46%98%
Series A36%1%
Series B9%0%
Growth9%1%

Bloomberg BetaY Combinator

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Entry stages of Bloomberg Beta and Y Combinator, share of entries
Bloomberg BetaY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed46%98%
Series A36%1%
Series B9%0%
Growth9%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning38%26%
Enterprise Software15%10%
Fintech5%13%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Cybersecurity10%5%
Real Estate & Construction5%0%

Bloomberg BetaY Combinator

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Themes of Bloomberg Beta and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Bloomberg BetaY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning38%26%
Enterprise Software15%10%
Fintech5%13%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Cybersecurity10%5%
Real Estate & Construction5%0%

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/bloombergbeta.com/coinvestors
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