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Ascension vs Founders Factory

Ascension lists 119 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Founders Factory lists 257 companies and has joined 15 rounds. Founders Factory comes in most often at Seed (64% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them The Stream, HotelRunner and Monolith Ai.

119Portfolio companies257
0Funding rounds joined15
0Rounds led2
0Rounds, last 12 months10
n/aTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Ascension and Founders Factory, head to head
AscensionFounders Factory
Portfolio companies119257
Funding rounds joined015
Rounds led02
Rounds, last 12 months010
Typical round it comes in atn/a$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%14%
Seed0%64%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%21%

AscensionFounders Factory

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Entry stages of Ascension and Founders Factory, share of entries
AscensionFounders Factory
Pre-seed0%14%
Seed0%64%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%21%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning15%23%
Healthcare & Biotech16%10%
Fintech13%11%
Education6%9%
Enterprise Software7%8%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%7%

AscensionFounders Factory

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Themes of Ascension and Founders Factory, share of checked companies
AscensionFounders Factory
AI & Machine Learning15%23%
Healthcare & Biotech16%10%
Fintech13%11%
Education6%9%
Enterprise Software7%8%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%7%

Companies both back

4

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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