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General Catalyst vs Y Combinator

General Catalyst lists 615 portfolio companies and has joined 313 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. General Catalyst comes in most often at Seed (35% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 30 companies are on both portfolios, among them 14.ai, 222 and agent.nexus.

615Portfolio companies5,153
313Funding rounds joined3,388
129Rounds led2,960
173Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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General Catalyst and Y Combinator, head to head
General CatalystY Combinator
Portfolio companies6155,153
Funding rounds joined3133,388
Rounds led1292,960
Rounds, last 12 months173579
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100Munder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed35%98%
Series A27%1%
Series B14%0%
Growth22%1%

General CatalystY Combinator

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Entry stages of General Catalyst and Y Combinator, share of entries
General CatalystY Combinator
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed35%98%
Series A27%1%
Series B14%0%
Growth22%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%26%
Healthcare & Biotech18%11%
Fintech12%13%
Enterprise Software10%10%
Cybersecurity6%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%5%

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Themes of General Catalyst and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
General CatalystY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning24%26%
Healthcare & Biotech18%11%
Fintech12%13%
Enterprise Software10%10%
Cybersecurity6%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%5%

Companies both back

30

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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# also
GET /v1/firms/ycombinator.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/generalcatalyst.com/coinvestors
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