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Contrary vs Y Combinator

Contrary lists 46 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,373 rounds. Contrary comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 8 companies are on both portfolios, among them AtoB, Bloom and Corgi.

46Portfolio companies5,153
7Funding rounds joined3,373
0Rounds led2,945
4Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Contrary and Y Combinator, head to head
ContraryY Combinator
Portfolio companies465,153
Funding rounds joined73,373
Rounds led02,945
Rounds, last 12 months4579
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%
Seed33%98%
Series A50%1%
Series B17%0%
Growth0%1%

ContraryY Combinator

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Entry stages of Contrary and Y Combinator, share of entries
ContraryY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed33%98%
Series A50%1%
Series B17%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning27%26%
Fintech18%13%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Enterprise Software10%10%
Education10%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%

ContraryY Combinator

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Themes of Contrary and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
ContraryY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning27%26%
Fintech18%13%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Enterprise Software10%10%
Education10%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%

Companies both back

8

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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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/contrary.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/ycombinator.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/contrary.com/coinvestors
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