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Global Brain vs Y Combinator

Global Brain lists 428 portfolio companies and has joined 35 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Global Brain comes in most often at Series A (41% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 9 companies are on both portfolios, among them AlpacaJapan, FidoCure and Fond.

428Portfolio companies5,151
35Funding rounds joined3,388
11Rounds led2,960
29Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Global Brain and Y Combinator, head to head
Global BrainY Combinator
Portfolio companies4285,151
Funding rounds joined353,388
Rounds led112,960
Rounds, last 12 months29579
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%
Seed13%98%
Series A41%1%
Series B25%0%
Growth22%1%

Global BrainY Combinator

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Entry stages of Global Brain and Y Combinator, share of entries
Global BrainY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed13%98%
Series A41%1%
Series B25%0%
Growth22%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning16%26%
Fintech7%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech10%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%4%
Education6%5%

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Themes of Global Brain and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Global BrainY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning16%26%
Fintech7%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech10%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%4%
Education6%5%

Companies both back

9

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/globalbrains.com/coinvestors
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