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IQT vs Y Combinator

IQT lists 188 portfolio companies and has joined 23 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. IQT comes in most often at Series A (30% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 9 companies are on both portfolios, among them Albedo, Array Labs and Atomic Industries.

188Portfolio companies5,153
23Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
16Rounds, last 12 months579
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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IQT and Y Combinator, head to head
IQTY Combinator
Portfolio companies1885,153
Funding rounds joined233,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months16579
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 A30%1%
Series B20%0%
Growth25%1%

IQTY Combinator

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Entry stages of IQT and Y Combinator, share of entries
IQTY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A30%1%
Series B20%0%
Growth25%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning40%26%
Industrial & Manufacturing17%4%
Fintech0%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%11%
Cybersecurity12%5%
Enterprise Software5%10%

IQTY Combinator

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Themes of IQT and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
IQTY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning40%26%
Industrial & Manufacturing17%4%
Fintech0%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%11%
Cybersecurity12%5%
Enterprise Software5%10%

Companies both back

9

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/iqt.org/coinvestors
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