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a16z Frontier vs Mercury Fund
a16z Frontier lists 119 portfolio companies and has joined 20 funding rounds; Mercury Fund lists 64 companies and has joined 6 rounds. a16z Frontier comes in most often at Seed (47% of its entries), Mercury Fund comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them OpenTrade.
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| a16z Frontier | Mercury Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 119 | 64 |
| Funding rounds joined | 20 | 6 |
| Rounds led | 11 | 3 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 12 | 6 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stagea16z FrontierMercury Fund
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| a16z Frontier | Mercury Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 47% | 50% |
| Series A | 27% | 33% |
| Series B | 13% | 17% |
| Growth | 13% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesa16z FrontierMercury Fund
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| a16z Frontier | Mercury Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 41% | 13% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 9% | 20% |
| Crypto & Web3 | 12% | 0% |
| Enterprise Software | 11% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 3% | 11% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 8% |
Companies both back
1Shared 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
Compare a16z Frontier and Mercury Fund as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
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- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/a16zfrontier.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/mercuryfund.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/a16zfrontier.com/coinvestors