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Headline vs Y Combinator

Headline lists 76 portfolio companies and has joined 41 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Headline comes in most often at Series A (37% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Aiprise, Segment and Verse Medical.

76Portfolio companies5,151
41Funding rounds joined3,388
21Rounds led2,960
32Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Headline and Y Combinator, head to head
HeadlineY Combinator
Portfolio companies765,151
Funding rounds joined413,388
Rounds led212,960
Rounds, last 12 months32579
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%
Seed29%98%
Series A37%1%
Series B18%0%
Growth16%1%

HeadlineY Combinator

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Entry stages of Headline and Y Combinator, share of entries
HeadlineY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%98%
Series A37%1%
Series B18%0%
Growth16%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning20%26%
Fintech19%13%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing7%4%

HeadlineY Combinator

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Themes of Headline and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
HeadlineY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning20%26%
Fintech19%13%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing7%4%

Companies both back

3

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/headline.com/coinvestors
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