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COTU vs Y Combinator

COTU lists 10 portfolio companies and has joined 11 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. COTU 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 Cercli and Sirdab.

10Portfolio companies5,153
11Funding 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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COTU and Y Combinator, head to head
COTUY Combinator
Portfolio companies105,153
Funding rounds joined113,388
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-seed9%0%
Seed46%98%
Series A36%1%
Series B9%0%
Growth0%1%

COTUY Combinator

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Entry stages of COTU and Y Combinator, share of entries
COTUY Combinator
Pre-seed9%0%
Seed46%98%
Series A36%1%
Series B9%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning26%26%
Fintech21%13%
Real Estate & Construction16%0%
Healthcare & Biotech5%11%
Human Resources11%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces11%5%

COTUY Combinator

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Themes of COTU and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
COTUY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning26%26%
Fintech21%13%
Real Estate & Construction16%0%
Healthcare & Biotech5%11%
Human Resources11%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces11%5%

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

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