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Smash Capital vs Y Combinator

Smash Capital lists 34 portfolio companies and has joined 13 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Smash Capital comes in most often at Growth (70% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Firecrawl, Reddit and Whatnot.

34Portfolio companies5,150
13Funding rounds joined3,388
3Rounds led2,960
8Rounds, last 12 months579
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Smash Capital and Y Combinator, head to head
Smash CapitalY Combinator
Portfolio companies345,150
Funding rounds joined133,388
Rounds led32,960
Rounds, last 12 months8579
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%
Seed0%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B30%0%
Growth70%1%

Smash CapitalY Combinator

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Entry stages of Smash Capital and Y Combinator, share of entries
Smash CapitalY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B30%0%
Growth70%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning17%26%
Fintech25%13%
E-commerce & Marketplaces11%5%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Media & Entertainment9%3%

Smash CapitalY Combinator

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Themes of Smash Capital and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Smash CapitalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning17%26%
Fintech25%13%
E-commerce & Marketplaces11%5%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Media & Entertainment9%3%

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/smashcap.com/coinvestors
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