YC W26 Power Rankings: Predicting Investor-Startup-Fit

Modelling the investment theses of top-tier VCs (both real and fictional) to score scored all 200+ startups.

Very likely (80+) Would meet (65-79) Possible (50-64) Likely pass (<50)

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#	Company	Sector	Avg	Sequoia	a16z	Kleiner Perkins	Accel	Lightspeed	Greylock	Index Ventures	Founders Fund	Khosla	Elad Gil	Nat Friedman	Balaji	Cyan Banister	Erlich Bachman	Russ Hanneman
1	CellType	Drug Discovery	60.9	92	87	81	67	74	66	44	23	63	82	78	15	20	56	48
2	Rubric AI	Post-Training	60.8	92	83	81	63	80	73	57	10	58	81	78	15	20	61	58
3	Kita	Lending Infrastructure	59.2	78	77	76	70	68	72	67	17	31	77	63	15	59	56	59
4	Prana	Drug Discovery	58.8	92	75	82	60	72	62	41	21	60	74	74	15	20	66	51
5	End Close	Investment Banking	58.5	76	76	72	66	66	67	85	15	29	75	72	15	20	53	54
6	Didit	Identity Verification	57.9	70	80	73	84	68	69	48	15	50	69	70	15	20	50	52
7	SpotPay	Payments & Reconciliation	57.8	76	73	72	75	68	70	77	15	29	67	63	15	34	50	48
8	Ruma Care	Digital Primary Care	57.7	76	83	72	64	66	55	42	24	52	82	70	15	20	60	50
9	Opalite Health	Medical Writing	57.5	72	80	56	60	68	70	42	22	55	82	70	15	20	64	52
10	Maywood	Grid Infrastructure	57.3	80	72	84	56	72	70	42	20	50	68	68	15	20	63	52
11	Squid	Knowledge Search	57.2	78	76	72	66	66	67	46	15	46	72	70	15	20	60	50
12	Corvera	Warehouse Robotics	56.6	80	73	76	62	66	60	48	20	55	62	70	15	20	56	48
13	Terminal Use	Developer Tools	56.5	68	72	65	62	66	83	47	22	44	76	65	15	20	60	48
14	Revion	Health It	56.5	78	78	64	55	68	55	40	30	45	78	70	15	20	63	48
15	VOYGR	Commercial Insurance	56.5	66	70	64	64	62	66	50	18	50	68	85	15	20	56	50
16	Terranox AI	Cyber Security	56.2	78	80	72	56	66	55	42	15	52	64	68	15	20	60	48
17	IncidentFox	Incident Response	56.2	70	72	60	62	66	83	50	16	50	72	56	15	20	60	48
18	Sila	Insurance Technology	56.2	74	78	64	54	68	59	40	15	40	72	85	15	20	60	48
19	Jinba	Agi Research	55.8	72	76	68	66	66	70	48	24	44	60	64	15	20	56	46
20	Panta	Agentic Workspace Msg	55.7	70	70	66	64	78	66	52	15	48	68	64	15	20	54	48
21	Captain	Enterprise Workflow	55.4	76	76	70	60	66	64	40	18	42	67	60	15	20	60	46
22	Corelayer	Developer Tools	55.3	74	70	70	82	68	62	42	15	44	60	58	15	20	56	56
23	Mango Medical	Orthopedic Surgery	55.2	80	72	64	56	60	60	46	21	52	62	72	15	20	58	44
24	Reframe	Automotive Operations	55.2	76	76	72	60	68	60	40	15	45	60	58	15	20	65	48
25	Fenrock AI	Defense Systems	55.1	72	68	72	58	66	62	44	15	42	64	56	15	20	71	52
26	Lance	Dental Technology	54.5	74	72	66	58	62	60	42	15	42	68	64	15	20	56	46
27	Proximitty	Ai Safety & Reliability	54.3	72	72	62	58	64	56	42	18	44	68	62	15	20	56	48
28	Ritivel	Formal Verification	54.2	68	66	64	56	60	60	45	18	81	56	62	15	20	52	42
29	Tepali	Livestock Management	54.1	68	72	55	60	64	62	44	21	55	68	62	15	20	58	46
30	Eos AI	Agriculture	53.2	64	68	58	58	66	66	40	24	42	74	64	15	20	58	46
31	Condor Energy	Wildfire Prevention	52.9	74	68	62	56	60	55	50	17	31	72	62	15	20	51	48
32	Forum	Intellectual Property	52.5	72	67	56	58	58	64	40	18	38	70	66	15	20	50	48
33	Patientdesk AI	Digital Asset Trading	52.5	66	60	44	56	62	68	40	20	42	72	66	15	20	56	46
34	FullSeam	Life Sciences	52.5	72	68	60	54	58	58	42	15	44	66	66	15	20	56	48
35	Scheduling Wizard	Geospatial Intelligence	52.3	66	66	50	58	60	66	40	19	40	70	66	15	20	54	50
36	GrazeMate	Hotel Operations	52.2	64	66	55	58	60	66	42	18	38	68	62	15	20	56	50
37	Mantis Biotech	Biotechnology	52.1	72	64	58	54	58	64	40	17	42	70	60	15	20	54	46
38	Overdrive Health	Supply Chain & Procurement	51.8	70	66	58	58	56	55	42	18	38	68	60	15	20	56	46
39	Strand AI	Lending & Loan Servicing	51.6	70	66	58	58	56	55	44	17	34	68	60	15	20	50	48
40	Vela	Prediction Markets	51.5	58	68	44	56	60	62	38	22	44	66	62	20	22	56	46
41	Docura Health	Ai Safety	51.5	68	66	58	56	58	55	42	17	38	68	60	15	20	56	46
42	Origin	Semiconductor	51.3	68	66	58	56	58	56	42	17	36	68	60	15	20	54	46
43	ClaimGlide	On-Device Ai	51.3	68	66	58	56	58	56	42	17	36	68	60	15	20	54	46
44	Valgo	Ai/Ml Infrastructure	51.2	58	64	44	56	62	62	38	22	42	66	66	15	20	56	44
45	Ditto Biosciences	Satellite Communications	51.1	68	65	58	54	58	55	42	17	38	66	60	15	20	54	48
46	Servo7	Llm Middleware	51.1	66	67	58	56	56	55	42	17	36	66	60	15	20	56	48
47	Wayco	Autonomous Vehicles	51.0	56	64	44	56	60	66	36	22	42	68	64	15	22	56	44
48	Zatanna	Ai Accounting	51.0	68	64	58	56	56	56	42	17	36	66	60	15	20	56	46
49	Zymbly	Home Care Tech	50.8	68	64	58	56	56	55	42	16	36	66	60	15	20	54	46
50	ZeroSettle	Payments Infrastructure	50.7	68	64	58	56	56	55	42	16	34	66	60	15	20	54	46