Do Gradient Ventures and Y Combinator invest together?

Yes — Gradient Ventures and Y Combinator appear together in 31 tracked portfolio companies, including Arva AI, Axle, Benepass, Casetext, Cerebrium.

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

Gradient Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $10M, 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.

	Gradient Ventures	Y Combinator
Type	Venture capital	Accelerator
HQ	San Francisco	San Francisco
Founded	2017	2005
Check size	$100K – $10M	$500K
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B	Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors	AI & Machine Learning	AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, EdTech, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech
AUM	$220M	—
Tracked investments	135	6,130
Exits (acquired/public)	8	839
Led rounds on record	2	21
Dated deals, last 24 mo	5	1304

Do Gradient Ventures and Y Combinator invest together?: Yes — Gradient Ventures and Y Combinator appear together in 31 tracked portfolio companies, including Arva AI, Axle, Benepass, Casetext, Cerebrium.
How do Gradient Ventures and Y Combinator compare on check size?: Gradient Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $10M, while Y Combinator writes $500K.