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focal vs Y Combinator

focal lists 41 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. focal comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Gleam, OpenBuilder and Pump Co.

41Portfolio companies5,153
3Funding rounds joined3,388
2Rounds led2,960
2Rounds, last 12 months579
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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focal and Y Combinator, head to head
focalY Combinator
Portfolio companies415,153
Funding rounds joined33,388
Rounds led22,960
Rounds, last 12 months2579
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5Munder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

focalY Combinator

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Entry stages of focal and Y Combinator, share of entries
focalY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning28%26%
Healthcare & Biotech18%11%
Fintech12%13%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Education6%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%

focalY Combinator

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Themes of focal and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
focalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning28%26%
Healthcare & Biotech18%11%
Fintech12%13%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Education6%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%

Companies both back

3

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/focal.vc/coinvestors
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