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a16z Frontier vs Red Beard Ventures

a16z Frontier lists 119 portfolio companies and has joined 20 funding rounds; Red Beard Ventures lists 94 companies and has joined 4 rounds. a16z Frontier comes in most often at Seed (47% of its entries), Red Beard Ventures comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Dapper Labs, LayerZero and vhslab.com.

119Portfolio companies94
20Funding rounds joined4
11Rounds led0
12Rounds, last 12 months2
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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a16z Frontier and Red Beard Ventures, head to head
a16z FrontierRed Beard Ventures
Portfolio companies11994
Funding rounds joined204
Rounds led110
Rounds, last 12 months122
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%75%
Series A27%25%
Series B13%0%
Growth13%0%

a16z FrontierRed Beard Ventures

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Entry stages of a16z Frontier and Red Beard Ventures, share of entries
a16z FrontierRed Beard Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed47%75%
Series A27%25%
Series B13%0%
Growth13%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech41%28%
AI & Machine Learning9%15%
Enterprise Software11%13%
Crypto & Web312%0%
Gaming5%11%
Media & Entertainment4%5%

a16z FrontierRed Beard Ventures

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Themes of a16z Frontier and Red Beard Ventures, share of checked companies
a16z FrontierRed Beard Ventures
Fintech41%28%
AI & Machine Learning9%15%
Enterprise Software11%13%
Crypto & Web312%0%
Gaming5%11%
Media & Entertainment4%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/a16zfrontier.com/coinvestors
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