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Backed vs IQ Capital

Backed lists 74 portfolio companies and has joined 13 funding rounds; IQ Capital lists 59 companies and has joined 24 rounds. Backed comes in most often at Seed (42% of its entries), IQ Capital comes in most often at Series A (52% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Those Beyond and Thought Machine.

74Portfolio companies59
13Funding rounds joined24
2Rounds led9
7Rounds, last 12 months13
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Backed and IQ Capital, head to head
BackedIQ Capital
Portfolio companies7459
Funding rounds joined1324
Rounds led29
Rounds, last 12 months713
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed8%0%
Seed42%26%
Series A33%52%
Series B8%4%
Growth8%17%

BackedIQ Capital

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Entry stages of Backed and IQ Capital, share of entries
BackedIQ Capital
Pre-seed8%0%
Seed42%26%
Series A33%52%
Series B8%4%
Growth8%17%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning18%32%
Healthcare & Biotech13%19%
Fintech18%8%
Enterprise Software13%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing7%12%
Cybersecurity3%8%

BackedIQ Capital

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Themes of Backed and IQ Capital, share of checked companies
BackedIQ Capital
AI & Machine Learning18%32%
Healthcare & Biotech13%19%
Fintech18%8%
Enterprise Software13%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing7%12%
Cybersecurity3%8%

Companies both back

2

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/backed.vc/coinvestors
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