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Schmidt vs Y Combinator

Schmidt lists 77 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Schmidt comes in most often at Series A (57% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Cuckoo Labs.

77Portfolio companies5,151
7Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
7Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Schmidt and Y Combinator, head to head
SchmidtY Combinator
Portfolio companies775,151
Funding rounds joined73,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months7579
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%
Seed43%98%
Series A57%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

SchmidtY Combinator

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Entry stages of Schmidt and Y Combinator, share of entries
SchmidtY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed43%98%
Series A57%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning14%26%
Healthcare & Biotech16%11%
Fintech5%13%
Enterprise Software13%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%

SchmidtY Combinator

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Themes of Schmidt and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
SchmidtY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning14%26%
Healthcare & Biotech16%11%
Fintech5%13%
Enterprise Software13%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%

Companies both back

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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/schmidt.kr/coinvestors
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