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ARK Venture Fund vs Protagonist

ARK Venture Fund lists 64 portfolio companies and has joined 27 funding rounds; Protagonist lists 15 companies and has joined 7 rounds. ARK Venture Fund comes in most often at Growth (48% of its entries), Protagonist comes in most often at Seed (43% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Tenstorrent.

64Portfolio companies15
27Funding rounds joined7
2Rounds led1
18Rounds, last 12 months2
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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ARK Venture Fund and Protagonist, head to head
ARK Venture FundProtagonist
Portfolio companies6415
Funding rounds joined277
Rounds led21
Rounds, last 12 months182
Typical round it comes in at$100M or more$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed4%0%
Seed4%43%
Series A20%43%
Series B24%0%
Growth48%14%

ARK Venture FundProtagonist

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Entry stages of ARK Venture Fund and Protagonist, share of entries
ARK Venture FundProtagonist
Pre-seed4%0%
Seed4%43%
Series A20%43%
Series B24%0%
Growth48%14%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning28%24%
Fintech10%20%
Healthcare & Biotech17%4%
Cybersecurity4%12%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%8%
Robotics & Hardware0%8%

ARK Venture FundProtagonist

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Themes of ARK Venture Fund and Protagonist, share of checked companies
ARK Venture FundProtagonist
AI & Machine Learning28%24%
Fintech10%20%
Healthcare & Biotech17%4%
Cybersecurity4%12%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%8%
Robotics & Hardware0%8%

Companies both back

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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/protagonist.co/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/ark-funds.com/coinvestors
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