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Lux Capital vs Y Combinator

Lux Capital lists 226 portfolio companies and has joined 113 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Lux Capital comes in most often at Series A (39% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 22 companies are on both portfolios, among them Aptible, Astranis and Benchling.

226Portfolio companies5,151
113Funding rounds joined3,388
18Rounds led2,960
67Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Lux Capital and Y Combinator, head to head
Lux CapitalY Combinator
Portfolio companies2265,151
Funding rounds joined1133,388
Rounds led182,960
Rounds, last 12 months67579
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%
Seed25%98%
Series A39%1%
Series B17%0%
Growth20%1%

Lux CapitalY Combinator

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Entry stages of Lux Capital and Y Combinator, share of entries
Lux CapitalY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A39%1%
Series B17%0%
Growth20%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning29%26%
Healthcare & Biotech24%11%
Fintech6%13%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing7%4%
Cybersecurity6%5%

Lux CapitalY Combinator

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Themes of Lux Capital and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Lux CapitalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning29%26%
Healthcare & Biotech24%11%
Fintech6%13%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing7%4%
Cybersecurity6%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/luxcapital.com/coinvestors
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