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Sapphire Ventures vs Y Combinator

Sapphire Ventures lists 174 portfolio companies and has joined 38 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Sapphire Ventures comes in most often at Growth (71% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 12 companies are on both portfolios, among them Bretton AI, CaptivateIQ and Collectly.

174Portfolio companies5,150
38Funding rounds joined3,388
8Rounds led2,960
23Rounds, last 12 months579
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Sapphire Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
Sapphire VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies1745,150
Funding rounds joined383,388
Rounds led82,960
Rounds, last 12 months23579
Typical round it comes in at$100M or moreunder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed7%98%
Series A3%1%
Series B19%0%
Growth71%1%

Sapphire VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Sapphire Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
Sapphire VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed7%98%
Series A3%1%
Series B19%0%
Growth71%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning27%26%
Enterprise Software16%10%
Fintech12%13%
Cybersecurity13%5%
Healthcare & Biotech5%11%
Media & Entertainment5%3%

Sapphire VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of Sapphire Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Sapphire VenturesY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning27%26%
Enterprise Software16%10%
Fintech12%13%
Cybersecurity13%5%
Healthcare & Biotech5%11%
Media & Entertainment5%3%

Companies both back

12

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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