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Basis Set Ventures vs Canaan

Basis Set Ventures lists 65 portfolio companies and has joined 23 funding rounds; Canaan lists 201 companies and has joined 29 rounds. Basis Set Ventures comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them OpenArt and Solvely.ai.

65Portfolio companies201
23Funding rounds joined29
7Rounds led11
20Rounds, last 12 months19
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Basis Set Ventures and Canaan, head to head
Basis Set VenturesCanaan
Portfolio companies65201
Funding rounds joined2329
Rounds led711
Rounds, last 12 months2019
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%29%
Series A36%54%
Series B5%7%
Growth9%11%

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Entry stages of Basis Set Ventures and Canaan, share of entries
Basis Set VenturesCanaan
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%29%
Series A36%54%
Series B5%7%
Growth9%11%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning35%17%
Healthcare & Biotech9%21%
Enterprise Software14%7%
Fintech11%12%
Cybersecurity9%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%7%

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Themes of Basis Set Ventures and Canaan, share of checked companies
Basis Set VenturesCanaan
AI & Machine Learning35%17%
Healthcare & Biotech9%21%
Enterprise Software14%7%
Fintech11%12%
Cybersecurity9%5%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%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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