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ARK Venture Fund vs Mechanism Capital

ARK Venture Fund lists 64 portfolio companies and has joined 27 funding rounds; Mechanism Capital lists 68 companies and has joined 5 rounds. ARK Venture Fund comes in most often at Growth (48% of its entries), Mechanism Capital comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Apptronik and Figure.

64Portfolio companies68
27Funding rounds joined5
2Rounds led0
18Rounds, last 12 months0
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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ARK Venture Fund and Mechanism Capital, head to head
ARK Venture FundMechanism Capital
Portfolio companies6468
Funding rounds joined275
Rounds led20
Rounds, last 12 months180
Typical round it comes in at$100M or more$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed4%0%
Seed4%60%
Series A20%40%
Series B24%0%
Growth48%0%

ARK Venture FundMechanism Capital

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Entry stages of ARK Venture Fund and Mechanism Capital, share of entries
ARK Venture FundMechanism Capital
Pre-seed4%0%
Seed4%60%
Series A20%40%
Series B24%0%
Growth48%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech10%40%
AI & Machine Learning28%15%
Healthcare & Biotech17%3%
Crypto & Web30%13%
Gaming6%9%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%0%

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Themes of ARK Venture Fund and Mechanism Capital, share of checked companies
ARK Venture FundMechanism Capital
Fintech10%40%
AI & Machine Learning28%15%
Healthcare & Biotech17%3%
Crypto & Web30%13%
Gaming6%9%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%0%

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/ark-funds.com/coinvestors
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