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Union Square Ventures vs Y Combinator

Union Square Ventures lists 218 portfolio companies and has joined 41 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Union Square Ventures comes in most often at Series A (28% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 27 companies are on both portfolios, among them Assembly Com, CarbonChain and Casetext.

218Portfolio companies5,153
41Funding rounds joined3,388
14Rounds led2,960
30Rounds, last 12 months579
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator, head to head
Union Square VenturesY Combinator
Portfolio companies2185,153
Funding rounds joined413,388
Rounds led142,960
Rounds, last 12 months30579
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-seed3%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A28%1%
Series B22%0%
Growth22%1%

Union Square VenturesY Combinator

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Entry stages of Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator, share of entries
Union Square VenturesY Combinator
Pre-seed3%0%
Seed25%98%
Series A28%1%
Series B22%0%
Growth22%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning15%26%
Fintech15%13%
Education13%5%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Media & Entertainment8%3%

Union Square VenturesY Combinator

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Themes of Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Union Square VenturesY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning15%26%
Fintech15%13%
Education13%5%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Media & Entertainment8%3%

Companies both back

27

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/usv.com/coinvestors
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