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Sony Innovation Fund vs Y Combinator

Sony Innovation Fund lists 177 portfolio companies and has joined 17 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Sony Innovation Fund comes in most often at Series A (47% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 5 companies are on both portfolios, among them Genomelink, Lokal and Ridecell.

177Portfolio companies5,150
17Funding rounds joined3,388
7Rounds led2,960
15Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Sony Innovation Fund and Y Combinator, head to head
Sony Innovation FundY Combinator
Portfolio companies1775,150
Funding rounds joined173,388
Rounds led72,960
Rounds, last 12 months15579
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-seed0%0%
Seed33%98%
Series A47%1%
Series B13%0%
Growth7%1%

Sony Innovation FundY Combinator

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Entry stages of Sony Innovation Fund and Y Combinator, share of entries
Sony Innovation FundY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed33%98%
Series A47%1%
Series B13%0%
Growth7%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning19%26%
Enterprise Software13%10%
Healthcare & Biotech13%11%
Fintech10%13%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%
Media & Entertainment6%3%

Sony Innovation FundY Combinator

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Themes of Sony Innovation Fund and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Sony Innovation FundY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning19%26%
Enterprise Software13%10%
Healthcare & Biotech13%11%
Fintech10%13%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%
Media & Entertainment6%3%

Companies both back

5

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/sonyinnovationfund.com/coinvestors
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