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Spark Capital vs Y Combinator

Spark Capital lists 92 portfolio companies and has joined 78 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Spark Capital comes in most often at Growth (36% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 12 companies are on both portfolios, among them Benchling, Coinbase and Conductor.

92Portfolio companies5,150
78Funding rounds joined3,388
27Rounds led2,960
46Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Spark Capital and Y Combinator, head to head
Spark CapitalY Combinator
Portfolio companies925,150
Funding rounds joined783,388
Rounds led272,960
Rounds, last 12 months46579
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-seed2%0%
Seed12%98%
Series A34%1%
Series B16%0%
Growth36%1%

Spark CapitalY Combinator

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Entry stages of Spark Capital and Y Combinator, share of entries
Spark CapitalY Combinator
Pre-seed2%0%
Seed12%98%
Series A34%1%
Series B16%0%
Growth36%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning35%26%
Fintech13%13%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Cybersecurity9%5%
Education0%5%

Spark CapitalY Combinator

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Themes of Spark Capital and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Spark CapitalY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning35%26%
Fintech13%13%
Healthcare & Biotech8%11%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Cybersecurity9%5%
Education0%5%

Companies both back

12

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/sparkcapital.com/coinvestors
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