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Harpoon Ventures vs Y Combinator

Harpoon Ventures lists 56 portfolio companies and has joined 13 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,152 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Harpoon Ventures comes in most often at Seed (39% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 7 companies are on both portfolios, among them Astranis, Encord and Jitx.

56Portfolio companies5,152
13Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
8Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Harpoon Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
Harpoon VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies565,152
Funding rounds joined133,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months8579
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-seed0%0%
Seed39%98%
Series A31%1%
Series B15%0%
Growth15%1%

Harpoon VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Harpoon Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
Harpoon VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed39%98%
Series A31%1%
Series B15%0%
Growth15%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning41%26%
Cybersecurity13%5%
Fintech2%13%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%4%
Enterprise Software7%10%

Harpoon VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of Harpoon Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Harpoon VenturesY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning41%26%
Cybersecurity13%5%
Fintech2%13%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%4%
Enterprise Software7%10%

Companies both back

7

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/harpoon.vc/coinvestors
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