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Precursor Ventures vs Y Combinator

Precursor Ventures lists 117 portfolio companies and has joined 23 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Precursor Ventures comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 11 companies are on both portfolios, among them Bountiful, Decent and Expo.

117Portfolio companies5,153
23Funding rounds joined3,388
3Rounds led2,960
13Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Precursor Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
Precursor VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies1175,153
Funding rounds joined233,388
Rounds led32,960
Rounds, last 12 months13579
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-seed10%0%
Seed71%98%
Series A19%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Precursor VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Precursor Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
Precursor VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed10%0%
Seed71%98%
Series A19%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning12%26%
Healthcare & Biotech20%11%
Fintech13%13%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Education9%5%
Media & Entertainment7%3%

Precursor VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of Precursor Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Precursor VenturesY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning12%26%
Healthcare & Biotech20%11%
Fintech13%13%
Enterprise Software11%10%
Education9%5%
Media & Entertainment7%3%

Companies both back

11

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/precursorvc.com/coinvestors
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