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Shrug Capital vs Y Combinator

Shrug Capital lists 85 portfolio companies and has joined 10 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Shrug Capital comes in most often at Seed (63% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 9 companies are on both portfolios, among them Eight Sleep, Cabal and Hype & Vice.

85Portfolio companies5,151
10Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
2Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Shrug Capital and Y Combinator, head to head
Shrug CapitalY Combinator
Portfolio companies855,151
Funding rounds joined103,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months2579
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%
Seed63%98%
Series A13%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth25%1%

Shrug CapitalY Combinator

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Entry stages of Shrug Capital and Y Combinator, share of entries
Shrug CapitalY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed63%98%
Series A13%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth25%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning20%26%
Fintech9%13%
Healthcare & Biotech7%11%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Food & Agriculture9%0%
Media & Entertainment9%3%

Shrug CapitalY Combinator

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Themes of Shrug Capital and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Shrug CapitalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning20%26%
Fintech9%13%
Healthcare & Biotech7%11%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Food & Agriculture9%0%
Media & Entertainment9%3%

Companies both back

9

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/shrug.vc/coinvestors
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