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Octopus Ventures vs Y Combinator

Octopus Ventures lists 280 portfolio companies and has joined 32 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Octopus Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 8 companies are on both portfolios, among them Aster, Bricks Sh and Coinbase.

280Portfolio companies5,151
32Funding rounds joined3,388
10Rounds led2,960
19Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Octopus Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
Octopus VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies2805,151
Funding rounds joined323,388
Rounds led102,960
Rounds, last 12 months19579
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%
Seed57%98%
Series A25%1%
Series B11%0%
Growth7%1%

Octopus VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Octopus Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
Octopus VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed57%98%
Series A25%1%
Series B11%0%
Growth7%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning19%26%
Healthcare & Biotech19%11%
Fintech15%13%
Enterprise Software9%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%5%
Space & Defense5%5%

Octopus VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of Octopus Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Octopus VenturesY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning19%26%
Healthcare & Biotech19%11%
Fintech15%13%
Enterprise Software9%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%5%
Space & Defense5%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/octopusventures.com/coinvestors
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