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Sequoia Capital vs Y Combinator

Sequoia Capital lists 434 portfolio companies and has joined 280 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Sequoia Capital comes in most often at Growth (31% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 30 companies are on both portfolios, among them Airbnb, Amplitude and Apollo.

434Portfolio companies5,153
280Funding rounds joined3,388
117Rounds led2,960
131Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator, head to head
Sequoia CapitalY Combinator
Portfolio companies4345,153
Funding rounds joined2803,388
Rounds led1172,960
Rounds, last 12 months131579
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100Munder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A25%1%
Series B20%0%
Growth31%1%

Sequoia CapitalY Combinator

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Entry stages of Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator, share of entries
Sequoia CapitalY Combinator
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A25%1%
Series B20%0%
Growth31%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning27%26%
Enterprise Software13%10%
Fintech12%13%
Healthcare & Biotech7%11%
Cybersecurity10%5%
Space & Defense5%5%

Sequoia CapitalY Combinator

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Themes of Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Sequoia CapitalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning27%26%
Enterprise Software13%10%
Fintech12%13%
Healthcare & Biotech7%11%
Cybersecurity10%5%
Space & Defense5%5%

Companies both back

30

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/sequoiacap.com/coinvestors
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