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Makers Fund vs Y Combinator

Makers Fund lists 71 portfolio companies and has joined 15 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Makers Fund comes in most often at Seed (64% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Dreamcraft Entertainment Inc and Hyper Online.

71Portfolio companies5,150
15Funding rounds joined3,388
7Rounds led2,960
7Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Makers Fund and Y Combinator, head to head
Makers FundY Combinator
Portfolio companies715,150
Funding rounds joined153,388
Rounds led72,960
Rounds, last 12 months7579
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%
Seed64%98%
Series A14%1%
Series B14%0%
Growth7%1%

Makers FundY Combinator

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Entry stages of Makers Fund and Y Combinator, share of entries
Makers FundY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed64%98%
Series A14%1%
Series B14%0%
Growth7%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
Gaming35%0%
Enterprise Software34%10%
AI & Machine Learning6%26%
Fintech2%13%
Healthcare & Biotech0%11%
Media & Entertainment10%3%

Makers FundY Combinator

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Themes of Makers Fund and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Makers FundY Combinator
Gaming35%0%
Enterprise Software34%10%
AI & Machine Learning6%26%
Fintech2%13%
Healthcare & Biotech0%11%
Media & Entertainment10%3%

Companies both back

2

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/makersfund.com/coinvestors
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