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DCVC vs Y Combinator

DCVC lists 234 portfolio companies and has joined 48 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. DCVC comes in most often at Series A (36% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 30 companies are on both portfolios, among them Akido Labs, Amplitude and Anjuna.

234Portfolio companies5,153
48Funding rounds joined3,388
15Rounds led2,960
28Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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DCVC and Y Combinator, head to head
DCVCY Combinator
Portfolio companies2345,153
Funding rounds joined483,388
Rounds led152,960
Rounds, last 12 months28579
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%
Seed29%98%
Series A36%1%
Series B13%0%
Growth22%1%

DCVCY Combinator

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Entry stages of DCVC and Y Combinator, share of entries
DCVCY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%98%
Series A36%1%
Series B13%0%
Growth22%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning29%26%
Healthcare & Biotech19%11%
Fintech7%13%
Enterprise Software5%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%4%
Cybersecurity7%5%

DCVCY Combinator

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Themes of DCVC and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
DCVCY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning29%26%
Healthcare & Biotech19%11%
Fintech7%13%
Enterprise Software5%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%4%
Cybersecurity7%5%

Companies both back

30

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/dcvc.com/coinvestors
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