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Variv vs Y Combinator

Variv lists 35 portfolio companies and has joined 1 funding round; Y Combinator lists 5,151 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Variv comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Ancana and SKYDROPX.

35Portfolio companies5,151
1Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
1Rounds, last 12 months579
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Variv and Y Combinator, head to head
VarivY Combinator
Portfolio companies355,151
Funding rounds joined13,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months1579
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%

VarivY Combinator

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Entry stages of Variv and Y Combinator, share of entries
VarivY Combinator
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%98%
Series A0%1%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech31%13%
AI & Machine Learning6%26%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%5%
Healthcare & Biotech6%11%
Enterprise Software6%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%4%

VarivY Combinator

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Themes of Variv and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
VarivY Combinator
Fintech31%13%
AI & Machine Learning6%26%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%5%
Healthcare & Biotech6%11%
Enterprise Software6%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%4%

Companies both back

2

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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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/variv.com/portfolio

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