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a16z Frontier vs Positive Sum

a16z Frontier lists 119 portfolio companies and has joined 20 funding rounds; Positive Sum lists 29 companies and has joined 11 rounds. a16z Frontier comes in most often at Seed (47% of its entries), Positive Sum comes in most often at Growth (56% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them joinef.

119Portfolio companies29
20Funding rounds joined11
11Rounds led1
12Rounds, last 12 months8
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$100M or more
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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a16z Frontier and Positive Sum, head to head
a16z FrontierPositive Sum
Portfolio companies11929
Funding rounds joined2011
Rounds led111
Rounds, last 12 months128
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-seed0%0%
Seed47%11%
Series A27%0%
Series B13%33%
Growth13%56%

a16z FrontierPositive Sum

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Entry stages of a16z Frontier and Positive Sum, share of entries
a16z FrontierPositive Sum
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed47%11%
Series A27%0%
Series B13%33%
Growth13%56%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech41%22%
AI & Machine Learning9%24%
Crypto & Web312%4%
Enterprise Software11%7%
Healthcare & Biotech3%9%
Education0%7%

a16z FrontierPositive Sum

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Themes of a16z Frontier and Positive Sum, share of checked companies
a16z FrontierPositive Sum
Fintech41%22%
AI & Machine Learning9%24%
Crypto & Web312%4%
Enterprise Software11%7%
Healthcare & Biotech3%9%
Education0%7%

Companies both back

1

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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Compare a16z Frontier and Positive Sum as data

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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/a16zfrontier.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/positivesum.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/a16zfrontier.com/coinvestors
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