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K5 Global vs Y Combinator

K5 Global lists 268 portfolio companies and has joined 18 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. K5 Global comes in most often at Seed (41% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 22 companies are on both portfolios, among them Hyper, Coinbase and Common Paper.

268Portfolio companies5,153
18Funding rounds joined3,388
2Rounds led2,960
12Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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K5 Global and Y Combinator, head to head
K5 GlobalY Combinator
Portfolio companies2685,153
Funding rounds joined183,388
Rounds led22,960
Rounds, last 12 months12579
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20Munder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed41%98%
Series A35%1%
Series B6%0%
Growth18%1%

K5 GlobalY Combinator

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Entry stages of K5 Global and Y Combinator, share of entries
K5 GlobalY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed41%98%
Series A35%1%
Series B6%0%
Growth18%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%26%
Enterprise Software14%10%
Fintech12%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%11%
Cybersecurity6%5%
Education4%5%

K5 GlobalY Combinator

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Themes of K5 Global and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
K5 GlobalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning22%26%
Enterprise Software14%10%
Fintech12%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%11%
Cybersecurity6%5%
Education4%5%

Companies both back

22

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/k5global.com/coinvestors
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