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Ballistic Ventures vs Merlin Ventures

Ballistic Ventures lists 57 portfolio companies and has joined 15 funding rounds; Merlin Ventures lists 7 companies and has joined 8 rounds. Ballistic Ventures comes in most often at Series A (42% of its entries), Merlin Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them above.security and Native.

57Portfolio companies7
15Funding rounds joined8
5Rounds led3
10Rounds, last 12 months7
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Ballistic Ventures and Merlin Ventures, head to head
Ballistic VenturesMerlin Ventures
Portfolio companies577
Funding rounds joined158
Rounds led53
Rounds, last 12 months107
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed17%57%
Series A42%29%
Series B25%0%
Growth17%14%

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Entry stages of Ballistic Ventures and Merlin Ventures, share of entries
Ballistic VenturesMerlin Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed17%57%
Series A42%29%
Series B25%0%
Growth17%14%

Themes

share of checked companies
Cybersecurity38%58%
AI & Machine Learning37%42%
Fintech10%0%
Enterprise Software6%0%
Legal & Compliance2%0%
Space & Defense2%0%

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Themes of Ballistic Ventures and Merlin Ventures, share of checked companies
Ballistic VenturesMerlin Ventures
Cybersecurity38%58%
AI & Machine Learning37%42%
Fintech10%0%
Enterprise Software6%0%
Legal & Compliance2%0%
Space & Defense2%0%

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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