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Axial vs Initialized

Axial lists 44 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Initialized lists 181 companies and has joined 28 rounds. Initialized comes in most often at Seed (44% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Bristle, Enable and Papa.

44Portfolio companies181
0Funding rounds joined28
0Rounds led8
0Rounds, last 12 months13
n/aTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Axial and Initialized, head to head
AxialInitialized
Portfolio companies44181
Funding rounds joined028
Rounds led08
Rounds, last 12 months013
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%44%
Series A0%37%
Series B0%19%
Growth0%0%

AxialInitialized

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Entry stages of Axial and Initialized, share of entries
AxialInitialized
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%44%
Series A0%37%
Series B0%19%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech84%13%
AI & Machine Learning7%23%
Fintech0%13%
Enterprise Software0%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces2%5%
Education0%5%

AxialInitialized

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Themes of Axial and Initialized, share of checked companies
AxialInitialized
Healthcare & Biotech84%13%
AI & Machine Learning7%23%
Fintech0%13%
Enterprise Software0%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces2%5%
Education0%5%

Companies both back

3

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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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/axialvc.com/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/initialized.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/axialvc.com/coinvestors
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