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Fireside Ventures vs Y Combinator

Fireside Ventures lists 53 portfolio companies and has joined 21 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Fireside Ventures comes in most often at Series A (61% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Unbound Security and Inito.

53Portfolio companies5,151
21Funding rounds joined3,388
13Rounds led2,960
17Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Fireside Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
Fireside VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies535,151
Funding rounds joined213,388
Rounds led132,960
Rounds, last 12 months17579
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-seed0%0%
Seed11%98%
Series A61%1%
Series B22%0%
Growth6%1%

Fireside VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Fireside Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
Fireside VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed11%98%
Series A61%1%
Series B22%0%
Growth6%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech38%11%
AI & Machine Learning3%26%
Consumer23%0%
Fintech3%13%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%5%
Enterprise Software3%10%

Fireside VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of Fireside Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Fireside VenturesY Combinator
Healthcare & Biotech38%11%
AI & Machine Learning3%26%
Consumer23%0%
Fintech3%13%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%5%
Enterprise Software3%10%

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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GET /v1/firms/firesideventures.com/coinvestors
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