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Y Combinator vs Zero Prime Ventures

Y Combinator lists 5,153 portfolio companies and has joined 3,388 funding rounds; Zero Prime Ventures lists 44 companies and has joined 8 rounds. Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries), Zero Prime Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 7 companies are on both portfolios, among them Emdash, Freshpaint and getstructured.ai.

5,153Portfolio companies44
3,388Funding rounds joined8
2,960Rounds led0
579Rounds, last 12 months5
under $1MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Y Combinator and Zero Prime Ventures, head to head
Y CombinatorZero Prime Ventures
Portfolio companies5,15344
Funding rounds joined3,3888
Rounds led2,9600
Rounds, last 12 months5795
Typical round it comes in atunder $1M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%14%
Seed98%57%
Series A1%0%
Series B0%14%
Growth1%14%

Y CombinatorZero Prime Ventures

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Entry stages of Y Combinator and Zero Prime Ventures, share of entries
Y CombinatorZero Prime Ventures
Pre-seed0%14%
Seed98%57%
Series A1%0%
Series B0%14%
Growth1%14%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning26%45%
Enterprise Software10%24%
Fintech13%5%
Healthcare & Biotech11%4%
Cybersecurity5%8%
Education5%0%

Y CombinatorZero Prime Ventures

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Themes of Y Combinator and Zero Prime Ventures, share of checked companies
Y CombinatorZero Prime Ventures
AI & Machine Learning26%45%
Enterprise Software10%24%
Fintech13%5%
Healthcare & Biotech11%4%
Cybersecurity5%8%
Education5%0%

Companies both back

7

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/zeroprime.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/ycombinator.com/coinvestors
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