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8VC vs ARK Venture Fund

8VC lists 202 portfolio companies and has joined 101 funding rounds; ARK Venture Fund lists 64 companies and has joined 27 rounds. 8VC comes in most often at Series A (34% of its entries), ARK Venture Fund comes in most often at Growth (48% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them The Boring Company, Cellares and Flexport.

202Portfolio companies64
101Funding rounds joined27
25Rounds led2
68Rounds, last 12 months18
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$100M or more
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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8VC and ARK Venture Fund, head to head
8VCARK Venture Fund
Portfolio companies20264
Funding rounds joined10127
Rounds led252
Rounds, last 12 months6818
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$100M or more
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed1%4%
Seed20%4%
Series A34%20%
Series B21%24%
Growth24%48%

8VCARK Venture Fund

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Entry stages of 8VC and ARK Venture Fund, share of entries
8VCARK Venture Fund
Pre-seed1%4%
Seed20%4%
Series A34%20%
Series B21%24%
Growth24%48%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning28%28%
Healthcare & Biotech23%17%
Fintech11%10%
Enterprise Software9%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%8%
Gaming0%6%

8VCARK Venture Fund

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Themes of 8VC and ARK Venture Fund, share of checked companies
8VCARK Venture Fund
AI & Machine Learning28%28%
Healthcare & Biotech23%17%
Fintech11%10%
Enterprise Software9%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%8%
Gaming0%6%

Companies both back

4

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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VCinfo API
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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/8vc.com/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/ark-funds.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/8vc.com/coinvestors
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