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The MBA Fund vs Y Combinator

The MBA Fund lists 145 portfolio companies and has joined 1 funding round; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. The MBA Fund comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 28 companies are on both portfolios, among them Autumn Labs, Blissway and BoldVoice.

145Portfolio companies5,151
1Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
0Rounds, last 12 months579
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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The MBA Fund and Y Combinator, head to head
The MBA FundY Combinator
Portfolio companies1455,151
Funding rounds joined13,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months0579
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-seed0%0%
Seed100%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

The MBA FundY Combinator

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Entry stages of The MBA Fund and Y Combinator, share of entries
The MBA FundY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%26%
Healthcare & Biotech16%11%
Fintech13%13%
Enterprise Software6%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%
Education5%5%

The MBA FundY Combinator

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Themes of The MBA Fund and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
The MBA FundY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning24%26%
Healthcare & Biotech16%11%
Fintech13%13%
Enterprise Software6%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%
Education5%5%

Companies both back

28

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/thembafund.com/coinvestors
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