Do Designer Fund and Y Combinator invest together?

Yes — Designer Fund and Y Combinator appear together in 8 tracked portfolio companies, including AtoB, Capitol AI, Ginkgo Bioworks, Gusto, Interfere.

How do Designer Fund and Y Combinator compare on check size?

Designer Fund typically writes checks of $100K – $1M, 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.

	Designer Fund	Y Combinator
Type	Venture capital	Accelerator
HQ	San Francisco	San Francisco
Founded	2014	2005
Check size	$100K – $1M	$500K
Stages	Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A	Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors	Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic	AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, EdTech, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech
AUM	$80M	—
Tracked investments	142	6,130
Exits (acquired/public)	3	839
Led rounds on record	—	21
Dated deals, last 24 mo	1	1304

Do Designer Fund and Y Combinator invest together?: Yes — Designer Fund and Y Combinator appear together in 8 tracked portfolio companies, including AtoB, Capitol AI, Ginkgo Bioworks, Gusto, Interfere.
How do Designer Fund and Y Combinator compare on check size?: Designer Fund typically writes checks of $100K – $1M, while Y Combinator writes $500K.