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Inspired Capital vs Y Combinator

Inspired Capital lists 78 portfolio companies and has joined 21 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Inspired Capital comes in most often at Series A (58% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Arketa, Snackpass and Paragon.

78Portfolio companies5,150
21Funding rounds joined3,388
7Rounds led2,960
13Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Inspired Capital and Y Combinator, head to head
Inspired CapitalY Combinator
Portfolio companies785,150
Funding rounds joined213,388
Rounds led72,960
Rounds, last 12 months13579
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%
Seed21%98%
Series A58%1%
Series B16%0%
Growth5%1%

Inspired CapitalY Combinator

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Entry stages of Inspired Capital and Y Combinator, share of entries
Inspired CapitalY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed21%98%
Series A58%1%
Series B16%0%
Growth5%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Fintech17%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%11%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Education7%5%
Media & Entertainment5%3%

Inspired CapitalY Combinator

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Themes of Inspired Capital and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Inspired CapitalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Fintech17%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%11%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Education7%5%
Media & Entertainment5%3%

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/inspiredcapital.com/coinvestors
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