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Lerer Hippeau vs Y Combinator
Lerer Hippeau lists 242 portfolio companies and has joined 32 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,152 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Lerer Hippeau comes in most often at Seed (53% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 15 companies are on both portfolios, among them Airbnb, ClassDojo and Cocoon.
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| Lerer Hippeau | Y Combinator | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 242 | 5,152 |
| Funding rounds joined | 32 | 3,388 |
| Rounds led | 8 | 2,960 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 16 | 579 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | under $1M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageLerer HippeauY Combinator
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| Lerer Hippeau | Y Combinator | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 7% | 0% |
| Seed | 53% | 98% |
| Series A | 33% | 1% |
| Series B | 3% | 0% |
| Growth | 3% | 1% |
Themes
share of checked companiesLerer HippeauY Combinator
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| Lerer Hippeau | Y Combinator | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 11% | 26% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 16% | 11% |
| Fintech | 13% | 13% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 10% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 5% |
| Consumer | 9% | 0% |
Companies both back
15Shared 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
Compare Lerer Hippeau and Y Combinator as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/lererhippeau.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/ycombinator.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/lererhippeau.com/coinvestors