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Prototype Capital vs Y Combinator

Prototype Capital lists 23 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 8 companies are on both portfolios, among them Aon3d, Hightouch and Polymath Robotics.

23Portfolio companies5,153
0Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
0Rounds, last 12 months579
n/aTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Prototype Capital and Y Combinator, head to head
Prototype CapitalY Combinator
Portfolio companies235,153
Funding rounds joined03,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months0579
Typical round it comes in atn/aunder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Prototype CapitalY Combinator

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Entry stages of Prototype Capital and Y Combinator, share of entries
Prototype CapitalY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning36%26%
Enterprise Software13%10%
Fintech0%13%
Healthcare & Biotech10%11%
Robotics & Hardware10%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces8%5%

Prototype CapitalY Combinator

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Themes of Prototype Capital and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Prototype CapitalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning36%26%
Enterprise Software13%10%
Fintech0%13%
Healthcare & Biotech10%11%
Robotics & Hardware10%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces8%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/ycombinator.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/prototype.capital/coinvestors
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