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Accel vs Canaan

Accel lists 711 portfolio companies and has joined 350 funding rounds; Canaan lists 201 companies and has joined 29 rounds. Accel comes in most often at Seed (38% of its entries), Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries). 7 companies are on both portfolios, among them Appsmith, Bird and MindTickle.

711Portfolio companies201
350Funding rounds joined29
220Rounds led11
121Rounds, last 12 months19
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Accel and Canaan, head to head
AccelCanaan
Portfolio companies711201
Funding rounds joined35029
Rounds led22011
Rounds, last 12 months12119
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed38%29%
Series A32%54%
Series B13%7%
Growth17%11%

AccelCanaan

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Entry stages of Accel and Canaan, share of entries
AccelCanaan
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed38%29%
Series A32%54%
Series B13%7%
Growth17%11%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%17%
Healthcare & Biotech7%21%
Fintech14%12%
Enterprise Software13%7%
Cybersecurity8%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%7%

AccelCanaan

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Themes of Accel and Canaan, share of checked companies
AccelCanaan
AI & Machine Learning24%17%
Healthcare & Biotech7%21%
Fintech14%12%
Enterprise Software13%7%
Cybersecurity8%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%7%

Companies both back

7

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/accel.com/coinvestors
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