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a16z Frontier vs Big Brain Holdings

a16z Frontier lists 119 portfolio companies and has joined 20 funding rounds; Big Brain Holdings lists 78 companies and has joined 11 rounds. a16z Frontier comes in most often at Seed (47% of its entries), Big Brain Holdings comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 5 companies are on both portfolios, among them Arweave, avax.network and Mysten Labs.

119Portfolio companies78
20Funding rounds joined11
11Rounds led0
12Rounds, last 12 months5
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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a16z Frontier and Big Brain Holdings, head to head
a16z FrontierBig Brain Holdings
Portfolio companies11978
Funding rounds joined2011
Rounds led110
Rounds, last 12 months125
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed47%100%
Series A27%0%
Series B13%0%
Growth13%0%

a16z FrontierBig Brain Holdings

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Entry stages of a16z Frontier and Big Brain Holdings, share of entries
a16z FrontierBig Brain Holdings
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed47%100%
Series A27%0%
Series B13%0%
Growth13%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech41%30%
AI & Machine Learning9%22%
Crypto & Web312%7%
Enterprise Software11%4%
Cybersecurity4%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing0%6%

a16z FrontierBig Brain Holdings

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Themes of a16z Frontier and Big Brain Holdings, share of checked companies
a16z FrontierBig Brain Holdings
Fintech41%30%
AI & Machine Learning9%22%
Crypto & Web312%7%
Enterprise Software11%4%
Cybersecurity4%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing0%6%

Companies both back

5

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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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/a16zfrontier.com/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/bigbrain.holdings/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/a16zfrontier.com/coinvestors
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