Investors / BBG Ventures / Compare with Forerunner
BBG Ventures vs Forerunner
BBG Ventures lists 28 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; Forerunner lists 28 companies and has joined 34 rounds. BBG Ventures comes in most often at Seed (40% of its entries), Forerunner comes in most often at Series A (37% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Topline Pro.
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| BBG Ventures | Forerunner | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 28 | 28 |
| Funding rounds joined | 6 | 34 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 18 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 3 | 15 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $20M to $100M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageBBG VenturesForerunner
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| BBG Ventures | Forerunner | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 40% | 23% |
| Series A | 20% | 37% |
| Series B | 40% | 23% |
| Growth | 0% | 17% |
Themes
share of checked companiesBBG VenturesForerunner
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| BBG Ventures | Forerunner | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 32% |
| Education | 17% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 2% | 15% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 15% | 9% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 12% | 6% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 9% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare BBG Ventures and Forerunner as data
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
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# also
GET /v1/firms/forerunnerventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/bbgventures.com/coinvestors