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SmartGateVC vs Y Combinator

SmartGateVC lists 29 portfolio companies and has joined 1 funding round; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. SmartGateVC comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Activeloop, Arnata and Cloudchipr.

29Portfolio companies5,153
1Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
1Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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SmartGateVC and Y Combinator, head to head
SmartGateVCY Combinator
Portfolio companies295,153
Funding rounds joined13,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months1579
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%
Seed100%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

SmartGateVCY Combinator

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Entry stages of SmartGateVC and Y Combinator, share of entries
SmartGateVCY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech33%11%
AI & Machine Learning26%26%
Fintech2%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Cybersecurity9%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%4%

SmartGateVCY Combinator

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Themes of SmartGateVC and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
SmartGateVCY Combinator
Healthcare & Biotech33%11%
AI & Machine Learning26%26%
Fintech2%13%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Cybersecurity9%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%4%

Companies both back

3

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/smartgate.vc/coinvestors
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