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Helium-3 Ventures vs Y Combinator

Helium-3 Ventures lists 29 portfolio companies and has joined 1 funding round; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Helium-3 Ventures comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 10 companies are on both portfolios, among them Alga, Astranis and Boom Supersonic.

29Portfolio companies5,151
1Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
0Rounds, last 12 months579
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Helium-3 Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
Helium-3 VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies295,151
Funding rounds joined13,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months0579
Typical round it comes in at$100M or moreunder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%98%
Series A100%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Helium-3 VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Helium-3 Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
Helium-3 VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%98%
Series A100%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%26%
Industrial & Manufacturing18%4%
Fintech6%13%
Education12%5%
Healthcare & Biotech6%11%
Enterprise Software8%10%

Helium-3 VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of Helium-3 Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Helium-3 VenturesY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning24%26%
Industrial & Manufacturing18%4%
Fintech6%13%
Education12%5%
Healthcare & Biotech6%11%
Enterprise Software8%10%

Companies both back

10

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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