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Backed vs DFS Lab

Backed lists 74 portfolio companies and has joined 13 funding rounds; DFS Lab lists 39 companies and has joined 3 rounds. Backed comes in most often at Seed (42% of its entries), DFS Lab comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Borderless.

74Portfolio companies39
13Funding rounds joined3
2Rounds led0
7Rounds, last 12 months3
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Backed and DFS Lab, head to head
BackedDFS Lab
Portfolio companies7439
Funding rounds joined133
Rounds led20
Rounds, last 12 months73
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed8%33%
Seed42%67%
Series A33%0%
Series B8%0%
Growth8%0%

BackedDFS Lab

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Entry stages of Backed and DFS Lab, share of entries
BackedDFS Lab
Pre-seed8%33%
Seed42%67%
Series A33%0%
Series B8%0%
Growth8%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech18%36%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%22%
AI & Machine Learning18%9%
Healthcare & Biotech13%0%
Enterprise Software13%4%
Food & Agriculture0%7%

BackedDFS Lab

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Themes of Backed and DFS Lab, share of checked companies
BackedDFS Lab
Fintech18%36%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%22%
AI & Machine Learning18%9%
Healthcare & Biotech13%0%
Enterprise Software13%4%
Food & Agriculture0%7%

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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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/backed.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/dfs.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/backed.vc/coinvestors
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