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Backbone Ventures vs World Fund

Backbone Ventures lists 40 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; World Fund lists 21 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Backbone Ventures comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries), World Fund comes in most often at Series A (57% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them FAIRCADO.

40Portfolio companies21
8Funding rounds joined7
1Rounds led4
3Rounds, last 12 months6
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Backbone Ventures and World Fund, head to head
Backbone VenturesWorld Fund
Portfolio companies4021
Funding rounds joined87
Rounds led14
Rounds, last 12 months36
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed14%0%
Seed71%43%
Series A14%57%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Backbone VenturesWorld Fund

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Entry stages of Backbone Ventures and World Fund, share of entries
Backbone VenturesWorld Fund
Pre-seed14%0%
Seed71%43%
Series A14%57%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%19%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%17%
Food & Agriculture9%17%
Healthcare & Biotech15%3%
Climate & Energy0%14%
Space & Defense8%14%

Backbone VenturesWorld Fund

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Themes of Backbone Ventures and World Fund, share of checked companies
Backbone VenturesWorld Fund
AI & Machine Learning23%19%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%17%
Food & Agriculture9%17%
Healthcare & Biotech15%3%
Climate & Energy0%14%
Space & Defense8%14%

Companies both back

1

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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