Do Bonfire Ventures and Y Combinator invest together?

Yes — Bonfire Ventures and Y Combinator appear together in 11 tracked portfolio companies, including Embrace, GitStart, Gusto, Rainforest, Risotto.

How do Bonfire Ventures and Y Combinator compare on check size?

Bonfire Ventures typically writes checks of $2M – $4M, while Y Combinator writes $500K.

Two firms that co-invest: side by side on stage, sector, check size, and track record, from public filings and the firms' own sites.

	Bonfire Ventures	Y Combinator
Type	Venture capital	Accelerator
HQ	Los Angeles	San Francisco
Founded	2017	2005
Check size	$2M – $4M	$500K
Stages	Seed, Series A	Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors	AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Logistics & Supply Chain, SaaS	AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, EdTech, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech
AUM	$1B	—
Tracked investments	193	6,130
Exits (acquired/public)	7	839
Led rounds on record	—	21
Dated deals, last 24 mo	5	1304

Do Bonfire Ventures and Y Combinator invest together?: Yes — Bonfire Ventures and Y Combinator appear together in 11 tracked portfolio companies, including Embrace, GitStart, Gusto, Rainforest, Risotto.
How do Bonfire Ventures and Y Combinator compare on check size?: Bonfire Ventures typically writes checks of $2M – $4M, while Y Combinator writes $500K.