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Begin Capital vs Hard2beat

Begin Capital lists 33 portfolio companies and has joined 10 funding rounds; Hard2beat lists 12 companies and has joined 6 rounds. Begin Capital comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries), Hard2beat comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them SimplyBlock.

33Portfolio companies12
10Funding rounds joined6
2Rounds led4
9Rounds, last 12 months3
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Begin Capital and Hard2beat, head to head
Begin CapitalHard2beat
Portfolio companies3312
Funding rounds joined106
Rounds led24
Rounds, last 12 months93
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed13%0%
Seed75%100%
Series A13%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Begin CapitalHard2beat

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Entry stages of Begin Capital and Hard2beat, share of entries
Begin CapitalHard2beat
Pre-seed13%0%
Seed75%100%
Series A13%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%32%
Healthcare & Biotech5%26%
Enterprise Software16%16%
Cybersecurity9%11%
Fintech10%0%
Space & Defense7%5%

Begin CapitalHard2beat

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Themes of Begin Capital and Hard2beat, share of checked companies
Begin CapitalHard2beat
AI & Machine Learning24%32%
Healthcare & Biotech5%26%
Enterprise Software16%16%
Cybersecurity9%11%
Fintech10%0%
Space & Defense7%5%

Companies both back

1

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/hard2beat.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/begin.capital/coinvestors
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