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The Venture Collective vs Y Combinator

The Venture Collective lists 53 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. The Venture Collective comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 5 companies are on both portfolios, among them Atum Works, BIOS and Entocycle.

53Portfolio companies5,151
6Funding rounds joined3,388
3Rounds led2,960
6Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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The Venture Collective and Y Combinator, head to head
The Venture CollectiveY Combinator
Portfolio companies535,151
Funding rounds joined63,388
Rounds led32,960
Rounds, last 12 months6579
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%
Seed17%98%
Series A50%1%
Series B33%0%
Growth0%1%

The Venture CollectiveY Combinator

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Entry stages of The Venture Collective and Y Combinator, share of entries
The Venture CollectiveY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed17%98%
Series A50%1%
Series B33%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech41%11%
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Fintech0%13%
Enterprise Software0%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%4%
Food & Agriculture9%0%

The Venture CollectiveY Combinator

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Themes of The Venture Collective and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
The Venture CollectiveY Combinator
Healthcare & Biotech41%11%
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Fintech0%13%
Enterprise Software0%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%4%
Food & Agriculture9%0%

Companies both back

5

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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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/theventurecollective.com/portfolio

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