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Stripes vs Y Combinator

Stripes lists 92 portfolio companies and has joined 14 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Stripes comes in most often at Series A (33% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 6 companies are on both portfolios, among them Aviron, Flock Safety and Memfault.

92Portfolio companies5,151
14Funding rounds joined3,388
6Rounds led2,960
7Rounds, last 12 months579
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Stripes and Y Combinator, head to head
StripesY Combinator
Portfolio companies925,151
Funding rounds joined143,388
Rounds led62,960
Rounds, last 12 months7579
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%
Seed17%98%
Series A33%1%
Series B17%0%
Growth33%1%

StripesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Stripes and Y Combinator, share of entries
StripesY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed17%98%
Series A33%1%
Series B17%0%
Growth33%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning18%26%
Fintech12%13%
Healthcare & Biotech10%11%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Consumer10%0%
Food & Agriculture9%0%

StripesY Combinator

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Themes of Stripes and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
StripesY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning18%26%
Fintech12%13%
Healthcare & Biotech10%11%
Enterprise Software9%10%
Consumer10%0%
Food & Agriculture9%0%

Companies both back

6

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/stripes.co/coinvestors
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