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Arch Grants vs First Cheque

Arch Grants lists 174 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; First Cheque lists 92 companies and has joined 4 rounds. First Cheque comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Vital.

174Portfolio companies92
0Funding rounds joined4
0Rounds led2
0Rounds, last 12 months4
n/aTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Arch Grants and First Cheque, head to head
Arch GrantsFirst Cheque
Portfolio companies17492
Funding rounds joined04
Rounds led02
Rounds, last 12 months04
Typical round it comes in atn/a$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%25%
Seed0%75%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Arch GrantsFirst Cheque

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Entry stages of Arch Grants and First Cheque, share of entries
Arch GrantsFirst Cheque
Pre-seed0%25%
Seed0%75%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning20%22%
Healthcare & Biotech21%9%
Fintech5%17%
Enterprise Software7%12%
Education11%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%10%

Arch GrantsFirst Cheque

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Themes of Arch Grants and First Cheque, share of checked companies
Arch GrantsFirst Cheque
AI & Machine Learning20%22%
Healthcare & Biotech21%9%
Fintech5%17%
Enterprise Software7%12%
Education11%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%10%

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

# also
GET /v1/firms/firstcheque.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/archgrants.org/coinvestors
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