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CIV vs Y Combinator

CIV lists 23 portfolio companies and has joined 10 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. CIV comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Hypercubic and Shinkei.

23Portfolio companies5,151
10Funding rounds joined3,388
3Rounds led2,960
6Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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CIV and Y Combinator, head to head
CIVY Combinator
Portfolio companies235,151
Funding rounds joined103,388
Rounds led32,960
Rounds, last 12 months6579
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%
Seed60%98%
Series A30%1%
Series B10%0%
Growth0%1%

CIVY Combinator

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Entry stages of CIV and Y Combinator, share of entries
CIVY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed60%98%
Series A30%1%
Series B10%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Education19%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing19%4%
Fintech9%13%
Healthcare & Biotech5%11%
Enterprise Software7%10%

CIVY Combinator

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Themes of CIV and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
CIVY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Education19%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing19%4%
Fintech9%13%
Healthcare & Biotech5%11%
Enterprise Software7%10%

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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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/civ.co/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/ycombinator.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/civ.co/coinvestors
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