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Balnord vs FORWARD.one

Balnord lists 42 portfolio companies and has joined 10 funding rounds; FORWARD.one lists 26 companies and has joined 16 rounds. Balnord comes in most often at Seed (70% of its entries), FORWARD.one comes in most often at Series A (57% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Sapient Perception.

42Portfolio companies26
10Funding rounds joined16
6Rounds led7
6Rounds, last 12 months12
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Balnord and FORWARD.one, head to head
BalnordFORWARD.one
Portfolio companies4226
Funding rounds joined1016
Rounds led67
Rounds, last 12 months612
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed70%29%
Series A30%57%
Series B0%7%
Growth0%7%

BalnordFORWARD.one

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Entry stages of Balnord and FORWARD.one, share of entries
BalnordFORWARD.one
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed70%29%
Series A30%57%
Series B0%7%
Growth0%7%

Themes

share of checked companies
Industrial & Manufacturing7%36%
AI & Machine Learning28%19%
Healthcare & Biotech11%13%
Fintech11%0%
Enterprise Software7%0%
Space & Defense5%6%

BalnordFORWARD.one

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Themes of Balnord and FORWARD.one, share of checked companies
BalnordFORWARD.one
Industrial & Manufacturing7%36%
AI & Machine Learning28%19%
Healthcare & Biotech11%13%
Fintech11%0%
Enterprise Software7%0%
Space & Defense5%6%

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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/balnord.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/forward.one/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/balnord.vc/coinvestors
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