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Parable vs Y Combinator
Parable lists 24 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,373 rounds. Parable comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 7 companies are on both portfolios, among them Amplitude, Beacons AI and Benchling.
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| Parable | Y Combinator | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 24 | 5,153 |
| Funding rounds joined | 8 | 3,373 |
| Rounds led | 1 | 2,945 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 5 | 579 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | under $1M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageParableY Combinator
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| Parable | Y Combinator | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 75% | 98% |
| Series A | 25% | 1% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 1% |
Themes
share of checked companiesParableY Combinator
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| Parable | Y Combinator | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 30% | 26% |
| Media & Entertainment | 14% | 3% |
| Fintech | 0% | 13% |
| Education | 12% | 5% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 11% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 10% |
Companies both back
7Shared 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 Parable 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.
Work email, sign-in link by email. Already have an account? Log in- Ask AI5 plain-English investor searches a day
- 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/parablevc.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/ycombinator.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/parablevc.com/coinvestors