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Conviction vs Y Combinator

Conviction lists 40 portfolio companies and has joined 46 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Conviction comes in most often at Seed (42% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 7 companies are on both portfolios, among them Arnergy, Design Arena and getcollate.io.

40Portfolio companies5,153
46Funding rounds joined3,388
5Rounds led2,960
33Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Conviction and Y Combinator, head to head
ConvictionY Combinator
Portfolio companies405,153
Funding rounds joined463,388
Rounds led52,960
Rounds, last 12 months33579
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%
Seed42%98%
Series A37%1%
Series B15%0%
Growth7%1%

ConvictionY Combinator

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Entry stages of Conviction and Y Combinator, share of entries
ConvictionY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed42%98%
Series A37%1%
Series B15%0%
Growth7%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning40%26%
Cybersecurity13%5%
Fintech3%13%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Healthcare & Biotech10%11%
Education6%5%

ConvictionY Combinator

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Themes of Conviction and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
ConvictionY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning40%26%
Cybersecurity13%5%
Fintech3%13%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Healthcare & Biotech10%11%
Education6%5%

Companies both back

7

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/conviction.com/coinvestors
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