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Hanover vs Y Combinator

Hanover lists 3 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Hanover comes in most often at Series A (67% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Simple Ai.

3Portfolio companies5,151
3Funding rounds joined3,388
1Rounds led2,960
2Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Hanover and Y Combinator, head to head
HanoverY Combinator
Portfolio companies35,151
Funding rounds joined33,388
Rounds led12,960
Rounds, last 12 months2579
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%
Seed33%98%
Series A67%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

HanoverY Combinator

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Entry stages of Hanover and Y Combinator, share of entries
HanoverY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed33%98%
Series A67%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
Industrial & Manufacturing33%4%
AI & Machine Learning17%26%
E-commerce & Marketplaces17%5%
Education17%5%
Enterprise Software17%10%
Fintech0%13%

HanoverY Combinator

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Themes of Hanover and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
HanoverY Combinator
Industrial & Manufacturing33%4%
AI & Machine Learning17%26%
E-commerce & Marketplaces17%5%
Education17%5%
Enterprise Software17%10%
Fintech0%13%

Companies both back

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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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