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BADideas.fund vs Specialist VC

BADideas.fund lists 40 portfolio companies and has joined 9 funding rounds; Specialist VC lists 51 companies and has joined 11 rounds. BADideas.fund comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Specialist VC comes in most often at Seed (64% of its entries). 5 companies are on both portfolios, among them Amorphous, Bolt and Giraffe360.

40Portfolio companies51
9Funding rounds joined11
1Rounds led1
6Rounds, last 12 months3
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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BADideas.fund and Specialist VC, head to head
BADideas.fundSpecialist VC
Portfolio companies4051
Funding rounds joined911
Rounds led11
Rounds, last 12 months63
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%
Seed100%64%
Series A0%27%
Series B0%9%
Growth0%0%

BADideas.fundSpecialist VC

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Entry stages of BADideas.fund and Specialist VC, share of entries
BADideas.fundSpecialist VC
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%64%
Series A0%27%
Series B0%9%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech18%20%
AI & Machine Learning15%16%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%10%
Enterprise Software10%7%
Space & Defense4%10%

BADideas.fundSpecialist VC

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Themes of BADideas.fund and Specialist VC, share of checked companies
BADideas.fundSpecialist VC
Fintech18%20%
AI & Machine Learning15%16%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%10%
Enterprise Software10%7%
Space & Defense4%10%

Companies both back

5

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/badideas.fund/coinvestors
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