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FUSE vs Y Combinator

FUSE lists 52 portfolio companies and has joined 17 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. FUSE comes in most often at Series A (59% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 6 companies are on both portfolios, among them aurelian.com, Bolster and Intuned.

52Portfolio companies5,153
17Funding rounds joined3,388
5Rounds led2,960
10Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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FUSE and Y Combinator, head to head
FUSEY Combinator
Portfolio companies525,153
Funding rounds joined173,388
Rounds led52,960
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%
Seed35%98%
Series A59%1%
Series B6%0%
Growth0%1%

FUSEY Combinator

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Entry stages of FUSE and Y Combinator, share of entries
FUSEY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed35%98%
Series A59%1%
Series B6%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning41%26%
Fintech8%13%
Cybersecurity11%5%
Healthcare & Biotech7%11%
Enterprise Software5%10%
Real Estate & Construction5%0%

FUSEY Combinator

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Themes of FUSE and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
FUSEY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning41%26%
Fintech8%13%
Cybersecurity11%5%
Healthcare & Biotech7%11%
Enterprise Software5%10%
Real Estate & Construction5%0%

Companies both back

6

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/fuse.vc/coinvestors
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