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Investors / Accel / Compare with Gradient

Accel vs Gradient

Accel lists 711 portfolio companies and has joined 350 funding rounds; Gradient lists 43 companies and has joined 48 rounds. Accel comes in most often at Seed (38% of its entries), Gradient comes in most often at Seed (54% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Anaplan and sapiom.ai.

711Portfolio companies43
350Funding rounds joined48
220Rounds led11
121Rounds, last 12 months35
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Accel and Gradient, head to head
AccelGradient
Portfolio companies71143
Funding rounds joined35048
Rounds led22011
Rounds, last 12 months12135
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed1%5%
Seed38%54%
Series A32%26%
Series B13%12%
Growth17%5%

AccelGradient

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Entry stages of Accel and Gradient, share of entries
AccelGradient
Pre-seed1%5%
Seed38%54%
Series A32%26%
Series B13%12%
Growth17%5%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%33%
Fintech14%18%
Enterprise Software13%11%
Healthcare & Biotech7%11%
Cybersecurity8%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%3%

AccelGradient

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Themes of Accel and Gradient, share of checked companies
AccelGradient
AI & Machine Learning24%33%
Fintech14%18%
Enterprise Software13%11%
Healthcare & Biotech7%11%
Cybersecurity8%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%3%

Companies both back

2

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/gradient.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/accel.com/coinvestors
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