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Cervin vs Y Combinator

Cervin lists 72 portfolio companies and has joined 14 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Cervin comes in most often at Seed (25% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 13 companies are on both portfolios, among them Docsum, Ravion and kapital.com.

72Portfolio companies5,153
14Funding rounds joined3,388
4Rounds led2,960
9Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Cervin and Y Combinator, head to head
CervinY Combinator
Portfolio companies725,153
Funding rounds joined143,388
Rounds led42,960
Rounds, last 12 months9579
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-seed8%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A25%1%
Series B25%0%
Growth17%1%

CervinY Combinator

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Entry stages of Cervin and Y Combinator, share of entries
CervinY Combinator
Pre-seed8%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A25%1%
Series B25%0%
Growth17%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning34%26%
Cybersecurity15%5%
Fintech9%13%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Healthcare & Biotech4%11%
Space & Defense6%5%

CervinY Combinator

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Themes of Cervin and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
CervinY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning34%26%
Cybersecurity15%5%
Fintech9%13%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Healthcare & Biotech4%11%
Space & Defense6%5%

Companies both back

13

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/cervinventures.com/coinvestors
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