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Spero Ventures vs Y Combinator

Spero Ventures lists 28 portfolio companies and has joined 9 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,152 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Spero Ventures comes in most often at Seed (44% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Corvus Robotics, Mobius Materials and Persist AI.

28Portfolio companies5,152
9Funding rounds joined3,388
3Rounds led2,960
4Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Spero Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
Spero VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies285,152
Funding rounds joined93,388
Rounds led32,960
Rounds, last 12 months4579
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%
Seed44%98%
Series A44%1%
Series B11%0%
Growth0%1%

Spero VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Spero Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
Spero VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed44%98%
Series A44%1%
Series B11%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech27%11%
AI & Machine Learning14%26%
Education18%5%
Fintech7%13%
Enterprise Software5%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%4%

Spero VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of Spero Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Spero VenturesY Combinator
Healthcare & Biotech27%11%
AI & Machine Learning14%26%
Education18%5%
Fintech7%13%
Enterprise Software5%10%
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/spero.vc/coinvestors
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