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Crosscut vs Y Combinator

Crosscut lists 80 portfolio companies and has joined 1 funding round; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Crosscut comes in most often at Series B (100% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them Duffl, Ledger Investing and Streamdal.

80Portfolio companies5,151
1Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
0Rounds, last 12 months579
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Crosscut and Y Combinator, head to head
CrosscutY Combinator
Portfolio companies805,151
Funding rounds joined13,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months0579
Typical round it comes in at$100M or moreunder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B100%0%
Growth0%1%

CrosscutY Combinator

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Entry stages of Crosscut and Y Combinator, share of entries
CrosscutY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B100%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning16%26%
Education13%5%
Fintech0%13%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%4%
Enterprise Software9%10%

CrosscutY Combinator

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Themes of Crosscut and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
CrosscutY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning16%26%
Education13%5%
Fintech0%13%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%4%
Enterprise Software9%10%

Companies both back

4

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/crosscut.vc/coinvestors
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