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The Cannon Project vs Y Combinator

The Cannon Project lists 2 portfolio companies and has joined 2 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. The Cannon Project comes in most often at Series B (100% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Gumloop.

2Portfolio companies5,150
2Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
1Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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The Cannon Project and Y Combinator, head to head
The Cannon ProjectY Combinator
Portfolio companies25,150
Funding rounds joined23,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months1579
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%
Seed0%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B100%0%
Growth0%1%

The Cannon ProjectY Combinator

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Entry stages of The Cannon Project and Y Combinator, share of entries
The Cannon ProjectY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B100%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning50%26%
Enterprise Software25%10%
Space & Defense25%5%
Fintech0%13%
Healthcare & Biotech0%11%
Education0%5%

The Cannon ProjectY Combinator

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Themes of The Cannon Project and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
The Cannon ProjectY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning50%26%
Enterprise Software25%10%
Space & Defense25%5%
Fintech0%13%
Healthcare & Biotech0%11%
Education0%5%

Companies both back

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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/thecannonproject.com/coinvestors
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