Do QED Investors and Y Combinator invest together?

Yes — QED Investors and Y Combinator appear together in 10 tracked portfolio companies, including Atomic, Finch, LendUp, Model ML, Nuvocargo.

How do QED Investors and Y Combinator compare on check size?

QED Investors typically writes checks of $30K – $25M, 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.

	QED Investors	Y Combinator
Type	Venture capital	Accelerator
HQ	Alexandria	San Francisco
Founded	2007	2005
Check size	$30K – $25M	$500K
Stages	Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth	Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors	Fintech	AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, EdTech, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech
AUM	$2B	—
Tracked investments	162	6,130
Exits (acquired/public)	—	839
Led rounds on record	1	21
Dated deals, last 24 mo	—	1304

Do QED Investors and Y Combinator invest together?: Yes — QED Investors and Y Combinator appear together in 10 tracked portfolio companies, including Atomic, Finch, LendUp, Model ML, Nuvocargo.
How do QED Investors and Y Combinator compare on check size?: QED Investors typically writes checks of $30K – $25M, while Y Combinator writes $500K.