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Backbone Ventures vs Heartfelt

Backbone Ventures lists 40 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Heartfelt lists 138 companies and has joined 24 rounds. Backbone Ventures comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries), Heartfelt comes in most often at Seed (77% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them crown-procurement.com, Fabrikatör and Reshape.

40Portfolio companies138
8Funding rounds joined24
1Rounds led2
3Rounds, last 12 months14
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Backbone Ventures and Heartfelt, head to head
Backbone VenturesHeartfelt
Portfolio companies40138
Funding rounds joined824
Rounds led12
Rounds, last 12 months314
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed14%14%
Seed71%77%
Series A14%9%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Backbone VenturesHeartfelt

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Entry stages of Backbone Ventures and Heartfelt, share of entries
Backbone VenturesHeartfelt
Pre-seed14%14%
Seed71%77%
Series A14%9%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%22%
Healthcare & Biotech15%10%
Fintech14%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%9%
Food & Agriculture9%0%
Enterprise Software0%9%

Backbone VenturesHeartfelt

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Themes of Backbone Ventures and Heartfelt, share of checked companies
Backbone VenturesHeartfelt
AI & Machine Learning23%22%
Healthcare & Biotech15%10%
Fintech14%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%9%
Food & Agriculture9%0%
Enterprise Software0%9%

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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GET /v1/firms/backbone.vc/coinvestors
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