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Icon Ventures vs Y Combinator

Icon Ventures lists 53 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Icon Ventures comes in most often at Growth (50% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them The Muse and Tilt.

53Portfolio companies5,150
4Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
1Rounds, last 12 months579
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Icon Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
Icon VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies535,150
Funding rounds joined43,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months1579
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%
Seed25%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B25%0%
Growth50%1%

Icon VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Icon Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
Icon VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B25%0%
Growth50%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Cybersecurity16%5%
Fintech7%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Media & Entertainment8%3%

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Themes of Icon Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Icon VenturesY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Cybersecurity16%5%
Fintech7%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Media & Entertainment8%3%

Companies both back

2

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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/iconventures.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/ycombinator.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/iconventures.com/coinvestors
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