Investors / NFX / Compare with Y Combinator
NFX vs Y Combinator
NFX lists 159 portfolio companies and has joined 44 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. NFX comes in most often at Seed (45% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 10 companies are on both portfolios, among them Darrow, DoorDash and F2.
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| NFX | Y Combinator | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 159 | 5,153 |
| Funding rounds joined | 44 | 3,388 |
| Rounds led | 12 | 2,960 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 22 | 579 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | under $1M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageNFXY Combinator
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| NFX | Y Combinator | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 45% | 98% |
| Series A | 40% | 1% |
| Series B | 8% | 0% |
| Growth | 8% | 1% |
Themes
share of checked companiesNFXY Combinator
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| NFX | Y Combinator | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 26% |
| Fintech | 18% | 13% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 11% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 10% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 3% |
| Education | 4% | 5% |
Companies both back
10Shared 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 NFX 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/nfx.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/ycombinator.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/nfx.com/coinvestors