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Ascend vs J4 Ventures

Ascend lists 74 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; J4 Ventures lists 30 companies and has joined 3 rounds. J4 Ventures comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Envive AI (fka Spiffy AI) AI ↗︎, Hearvana and yoodli.ai.

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74Portfolio companies30

0Funding rounds joined3

0Rounds led0

0Rounds, last 12 months1

n/aTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M

0%Sites no longer answering0%

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Ascend and J4 Ventures, head to head
	Ascend	J4 Ventures
Portfolio companies	74	30
Funding rounds joined	0	3
Rounds led	0	0
Rounds, last 12 months	0	1
Typical round it comes in at	n/a	$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering	0%	0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage

Pre-seed0%0%

Seed0%100%

Series A0%0%

Series B0%0%

Growth0%0%

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Entry stages of Ascend and J4 Ventures, share of entries
	Ascend	J4 Ventures
Pre-seed	0%	0%
Seed	0%	100%
Series A	0%	0%
Series B	0%	0%
Growth	0%	0%

Themes

share of checked companies

AI & Machine Learning37%27%

Fintech9%17%

Healthcare & Biotech8%14%

Education5%14%

Human Resources0%8%

Enterprise Software8%6%

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Themes of Ascend and J4 Ventures, share of checked companies
	Ascend	J4 Ventures
AI & Machine Learning	37%	27%
Fintech	9%	17%
Healthcare & Biotech	8%	14%
Education	5%	14%
Human Resources	0%	8%
Enterprise Software	8%	6%

Companies both back

Envive AI (fka Spiffy AI) AI ↗︎envive.ai

Hearvanahearvana.ai

yoodli.aiyoodli.ai

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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