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Background Capital vs CRV

Background Capital lists 4 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; CRV lists 162 companies and has joined 48 rounds. Background Capital comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries), CRV comes in most often at Series A (38% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Flipturn.

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4Portfolio companies162

4Funding rounds joined48

0Rounds led16

0Rounds, last 12 months27

$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M

0%Sites no longer answering0%

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Background Capital and CRV, head to head
	Background Capital	CRV
Portfolio companies	4	162
Funding rounds joined	4	48
Rounds led	0	16
Rounds, last 12 months	0	27
Typical round it comes in at	$5M to $20M	$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering	0%	0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage

Pre-seed0%0%

Seed75%26%

Series A25%38%

Series B0%19%

Growth0%17%

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Entry stages of Background Capital and CRV, share of entries
	Background Capital	CRV
Pre-seed	0%	0%
Seed	75%	26%
Series A	25%	38%
Series B	0%	19%
Growth	0%	17%

Themes

share of checked companies

AI & Machine Learning25%29%

Cybersecurity0%15%

Enterprise Software13%12%

Media & Entertainment13%4%

E-commerce & Marketplaces13%4%

Industrial & Manufacturing13%2%

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Themes of Background Capital and CRV, share of checked companies
	Background Capital	CRV
AI & Machine Learning	25%	29%
Cybersecurity	0%	15%
Enterprise Software	13%	12%
Media & Entertainment	13%	4%
E-commerce & Marketplaces	13%	4%
Industrial & Manufacturing	13%	2%

Companies both back

Flipturngetflipturn.com

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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