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Frontline vs Y Combinator

Frontline lists 106 portfolio companies and has joined 19 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Frontline comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 12 companies are on both portfolios, among them Avallon Ai, Cellbyte and flagright.

106Portfolio companies5,153
19Funding rounds joined3,388
9Rounds led2,960
10Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Frontline and Y Combinator, head to head
FrontlineY Combinator
Portfolio companies1065,153
Funding rounds joined193,388
Rounds led92,960
Rounds, last 12 months10579
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%
Seed50%98%
Series A17%1%
Series B22%0%
Growth11%1%

FrontlineY Combinator

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Entry stages of Frontline and Y Combinator, share of entries
FrontlineY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%98%
Series A17%1%
Series B22%0%
Growth11%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%26%
Fintech15%13%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Cybersecurity9%5%
Education0%5%

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Themes of Frontline and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
FrontlineY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning24%26%
Fintech15%13%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Cybersecurity9%5%
Education0%5%

Companies both back

12

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/frontline.vc/coinvestors
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