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Nucleus Capital vs Y Combinator

Nucleus Capital lists 18 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Nucleus Capital comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Planet-A-Foods.

18Portfolio companies5,150
6Funding rounds joined3,388
1Rounds led2,960
5Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Nucleus Capital and Y Combinator, head to head
Nucleus CapitalY Combinator
Portfolio companies185,150
Funding rounds joined63,388
Rounds led12,960
Rounds, last 12 months5579
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-seed17%0%
Seed50%98%
Series A33%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Nucleus CapitalY Combinator

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Entry stages of Nucleus Capital and Y Combinator, share of entries
Nucleus CapitalY Combinator
Pre-seed17%0%
Seed50%98%
Series A33%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning36%26%
Healthcare & Biotech19%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing19%4%
Fintech0%13%
Enterprise Software0%10%
Food & Agriculture7%0%

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Themes of Nucleus Capital and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Nucleus CapitalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning36%26%
Healthcare & Biotech19%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing19%4%
Fintech0%13%
Enterprise Software0%10%
Food & Agriculture7%0%

Companies both back

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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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