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Draper Associates vs Y Combinator

Draper Associates lists 363 portfolio companies and has joined 39 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Draper Associates comes in most often at Seed (39% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 26 companies are on both portfolios, among them Algen Biotechnologies, Allia Health and 1000memories.

363Portfolio companies5,153
39Funding rounds joined3,388
13Rounds led2,960
28Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Draper Associates and Y Combinator, head to head
Draper AssociatesY Combinator
Portfolio companies3635,153
Funding rounds joined393,388
Rounds led132,960
Rounds, last 12 months28579
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-seed6%0%
Seed39%98%
Series A39%1%
Series B11%0%
Growth6%1%

Draper AssociatesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Draper Associates and Y Combinator, share of entries
Draper AssociatesY Combinator
Pre-seed6%0%
Seed39%98%
Series A39%1%
Series B11%0%
Growth6%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%26%
Fintech16%13%
Healthcare & Biotech14%11%
Enterprise Software7%10%
Education3%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%5%

Draper AssociatesY Combinator

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Themes of Draper Associates and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Draper AssociatesY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning24%26%
Fintech16%13%
Healthcare & Biotech14%11%
Enterprise Software7%10%
Education3%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%5%

Companies both back

26

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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