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Ascend vs NEA

Ascend lists 74 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; NEA lists 534 companies and has joined 103 rounds. NEA comes in most often at Series A (33% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Chaos and Clarify.

74Portfolio companies534
0Funding rounds joined103
0Rounds led51
0Rounds, last 12 months44
n/aTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Ascend and NEA, head to head
AscendNEA
Portfolio companies74534
Funding rounds joined0103
Rounds led051
Rounds, last 12 months044
Typical round it comes in atn/a$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%17%
Series A0%33%
Series B0%27%
Growth0%22%

AscendNEA

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Entry stages of Ascend and NEA, share of entries
AscendNEA
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%17%
Series A0%33%
Series B0%27%
Growth0%22%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning37%19%
Healthcare & Biotech8%22%
Fintech9%10%
Enterprise Software8%9%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%6%
Cybersecurity5%6%

AscendNEA

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Themes of Ascend and NEA, share of checked companies
AscendNEA
AI & Machine Learning37%19%
Healthcare & Biotech8%22%
Fintech9%10%
Enterprise Software8%9%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%6%
Cybersecurity5%6%

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

# also
GET /v1/firms/nea.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/ascend.vc/coinvestors
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