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Backbone Ventures vs Cathay Innovation

Backbone Ventures lists 40 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Cathay Innovation lists 95 companies and has joined 13 rounds. Backbone Ventures comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries), Cathay Innovation comes in most often at Growth (46% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Neon.

40Portfolio companies95
8Funding rounds joined13
1Rounds led5
3Rounds, last 12 months9
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Backbone Ventures and Cathay Innovation, head to head
Backbone VenturesCathay Innovation
Portfolio companies4095
Funding rounds joined813
Rounds led15
Rounds, last 12 months39
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed14%0%
Seed71%23%
Series A14%15%
Series B0%15%
Growth0%46%

Backbone VenturesCathay Innovation

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Entry stages of Backbone Ventures and Cathay Innovation, share of entries
Backbone VenturesCathay Innovation
Pre-seed14%0%
Seed71%23%
Series A14%15%
Series B0%15%
Growth0%46%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech14%26%
AI & Machine Learning23%20%
Healthcare & Biotech15%9%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%0%
Food & Agriculture9%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces8%8%

Backbone VenturesCathay Innovation

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Themes of Backbone Ventures and Cathay Innovation, share of checked companies
Backbone VenturesCathay Innovation
Fintech14%26%
AI & Machine Learning23%20%
Healthcare & Biotech15%9%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%0%
Food & Agriculture9%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces8%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/cathayinnovation.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/backbone.vc/coinvestors
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