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5AM Ventures vs Canaan

5AM Ventures lists 50 portfolio companies and has joined 10 funding rounds; Canaan lists 201 companies and has joined 29 rounds. 5AM Ventures comes in most often at Series B (44% of its entries), Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Arvinas, Ideaya Biosciences and Rallybio.

50Portfolio companies201
10Funding rounds joined29
3Rounds led11
5Rounds, last 12 months19
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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5AM Ventures and Canaan, head to head
5AM VenturesCanaan
Portfolio companies50201
Funding rounds joined1029
Rounds led311
Rounds, last 12 months519
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed11%29%
Series A22%54%
Series B44%7%
Growth22%11%

5AM VenturesCanaan

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Entry stages of 5AM Ventures and Canaan, share of entries
5AM VenturesCanaan
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed11%29%
Series A22%54%
Series B44%7%
Growth22%11%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech77%21%
AI & Machine Learning11%17%
Fintech4%12%
Enterprise Software0%7%
E-commerce & Marketplaces2%7%
Media & Entertainment0%5%

5AM VenturesCanaan

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Themes of 5AM Ventures and Canaan, share of checked companies
5AM VenturesCanaan
Healthcare & Biotech77%21%
AI & Machine Learning11%17%
Fintech4%12%
Enterprise Software0%7%
E-commerce & Marketplaces2%7%
Media & Entertainment0%5%

Companies both back

3

Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded

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GET /v1/firms/canaan.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/5amventures.com/coinvestors
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