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The FSE Group vs Y Combinator

The FSE Group lists 222 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,150 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. The FSE Group comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Ember, Homeflow and swishbx.

222Portfolio companies5,150
12Funding rounds joined3,388
5Rounds led2,960
8Rounds, last 12 months579
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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The FSE Group and Y Combinator, head to head
The FSE GroupY Combinator
Portfolio companies2225,150
Funding rounds joined123,388
Rounds led52,960
Rounds, last 12 months8579
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5Munder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed8%0%
Seed75%98%
Series A17%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

The FSE GroupY Combinator

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Entry stages of The FSE Group and Y Combinator, share of entries
The FSE GroupY Combinator
Pre-seed8%0%
Seed75%98%
Series A17%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning13%26%
Healthcare & Biotech14%11%
Fintech6%13%
Industrial & Manufacturing12%4%
Enterprise Software7%10%
Food & Agriculture8%0%

The FSE GroupY Combinator

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Themes of The FSE Group and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
The FSE GroupY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning13%26%
Healthcare & Biotech14%11%
Fintech6%13%
Industrial & Manufacturing12%4%
Enterprise Software7%10%
Food & Agriculture8%0%

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/ycombinator.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/thefsegroup.com/coinvestors
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