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BackingMinds vs ShipsFocus Ventures

BackingMinds lists 20 portfolio companies and has joined 9 funding rounds; ShipsFocus Ventures lists 7 companies and has joined 4 rounds. BackingMinds comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries), ShipsFocus Ventures comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Cetasol.

20Portfolio companies7
9Funding rounds joined4
6Rounds led2
4Rounds, last 12 months3
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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BackingMinds and ShipsFocus Ventures, head to head
BackingMindsShipsFocus Ventures
Portfolio companies207
Funding rounds joined94
Rounds led62
Rounds, last 12 months43
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-seed0%0%
Seed60%67%
Series A20%33%
Series B20%0%
Growth0%0%

BackingMindsShipsFocus Ventures

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Entry stages of BackingMinds and ShipsFocus Ventures, share of entries
BackingMindsShipsFocus Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed60%67%
Series A20%33%
Series B20%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Industrial & Manufacturing25%43%
AI & Machine Learning13%21%
Education13%7%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%7%
Healthcare & Biotech6%7%
Space & Defense0%7%

BackingMindsShipsFocus Ventures

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Themes of BackingMinds and ShipsFocus Ventures, share of checked companies
BackingMindsShipsFocus Ventures
Industrial & Manufacturing25%43%
AI & Machine Learning13%21%
Education13%7%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%7%
Healthcare & Biotech6%7%
Space & Defense0%7%

Companies both back

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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/shipsfocus.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/backingminds.com/coinvestors
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