Investors / ARK Venture Fund / Compare with Playground Global
ARK Venture Fund vs Playground Global
ARK Venture Fund lists 64 portfolio companies and has joined 27 funding rounds; Playground Global lists 52 companies and has joined 22 rounds. ARK Venture Fund comes in most often at Growth (48% of its entries), Playground Global comes in most often at Seed (41% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Ayar Labs logo4 and Databricks.
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| ARK Venture Fund | Playground Global | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 64 | 52 |
| Funding rounds joined | 27 | 22 |
| Rounds led | 2 | 17 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 18 | 12 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $100M or more | $20M to $100M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageARK Venture FundPlayground Global
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| ARK Venture Fund | Playground Global | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 4% | 0% |
| Seed | 4% | 41% |
| Series A | 20% | 27% |
| Series B | 24% | 18% |
| Growth | 48% | 14% |
Themes
share of checked companiesARK Venture FundPlayground Global
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| ARK Venture Fund | Playground Global | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 28% | 36% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 17% | 22% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 13% |
| Fintech | 10% | 0% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 2% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 7% |
Companies both back
2Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare ARK Venture Fund and Playground Global as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/ark-funds.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/playground.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/ark-funds.com/coinvestors