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Mayfield vs Y Combinator

Mayfield lists 132 portfolio companies and has joined 38 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Mayfield comes in most often at Series A (39% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 8 companies are on both portfolios, among them Pulse, InfluxData and Marco Polo.

132Portfolio companies5,153
38Funding rounds joined3,388
13Rounds led2,960
21Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Mayfield and Y Combinator, head to head
MayfieldY Combinator
Portfolio companies1325,153
Funding rounds joined383,388
Rounds led132,960
Rounds, last 12 months21579
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-seed3%0%
Seed36%98%
Series A39%1%
Series B10%0%
Growth13%1%

MayfieldY Combinator

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Entry stages of Mayfield and Y Combinator, share of entries
MayfieldY Combinator
Pre-seed3%0%
Seed36%98%
Series A39%1%
Series B10%0%
Growth13%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning34%26%
Fintech7%13%
Cybersecurity11%5%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Education5%5%

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Themes of Mayfield and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
MayfieldY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning34%26%
Fintech7%13%
Cybersecurity11%5%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Education5%5%

Companies both back

8

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/mayfield.com/coinvestors
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