Do Forerunner Ventures and Y Combinator invest together?

Yes — Forerunner Ventures and Y Combinator appear together in 6 tracked portfolio companies, including Audm, Balance, Courtyard.io, Faire, Novig.

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

Forerunner Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $20M, 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.

	Forerunner Ventures	Y Combinator
Type	Venture capital	Accelerator
HQ	San Francisco	San Francisco
Founded	2012	2005
Check size	$1M – $20M	$500K
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Late Stage	Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors	AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Creator Economy, Digital Health, Direct to Consumer, E-commerce, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Marketing Tech, Marketplaces, PropTech, Wellness & Fitness	AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, EdTech, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech
AUM	$3B	—
Tracked investments	116	6,130
Exits (acquired/public)	2	839
Led rounds on record	5	21
Dated deals, last 24 mo	4	1304

Do Forerunner Ventures and Y Combinator invest together?: Yes — Forerunner Ventures and Y Combinator appear together in 6 tracked portfolio companies, including Audm, Balance, Courtyard.io, Faire, Novig.
How do Forerunner Ventures and Y Combinator compare on check size?: Forerunner Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $20M, while Y Combinator writes $500K.