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The Footprint Firm vs Y Combinator

The Footprint Firm lists 22 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. The Footprint Firm comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them LEGACY.

22Portfolio companies5,150
6Funding rounds joined3,388
1Rounds led2,960
4Rounds, last 12 months573
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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The Footprint Firm and Y Combinator, head to head
The Footprint FirmY Combinator
Portfolio companies225,150
Funding rounds joined63,388
Rounds led12,960
Rounds, last 12 months4573
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%
Seed50%98%
Series A50%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

The Footprint FirmY Combinator

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Entry stages of The Footprint Firm and Y Combinator, share of entries
The Footprint FirmY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%98%
Series A50%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning27%26%
Industrial & Manufacturing20%4%
Space & Defense15%5%
Education15%5%
Fintech0%13%
Healthcare & Biotech2%11%

The Footprint FirmY Combinator

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Themes of The Footprint Firm and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
The Footprint FirmY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning27%26%
Industrial & Manufacturing20%4%
Space & Defense15%5%
Education15%5%
Fintech0%13%
Healthcare & Biotech2%11%

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/thefootprintfirm.com/coinvestors
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