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Benchstrength vs General Catalyst

Benchstrength lists 28 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; General Catalyst lists 615 companies and has joined 313 rounds. Benchstrength comes in most often at Series A (60% of its entries), General Catalyst comes in most often at Seed (35% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Slide.

28Portfolio companies615
6Funding rounds joined313
0Rounds led129
4Rounds, last 12 months173
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Benchstrength and General Catalyst, head to head
BenchstrengthGeneral Catalyst
Portfolio companies28615
Funding rounds joined6313
Rounds led0129
Rounds, last 12 months4173
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%1%
Seed20%35%
Series A60%27%
Series B20%14%
Growth0%22%

BenchstrengthGeneral Catalyst

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Entry stages of Benchstrength and General Catalyst, share of entries
BenchstrengthGeneral Catalyst
Pre-seed0%1%
Seed20%35%
Series A60%27%
Series B20%14%
Growth0%22%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning26%24%
Healthcare & Biotech15%18%
Fintech6%12%
Enterprise Software9%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%5%
Media & Entertainment6%2%

BenchstrengthGeneral Catalyst

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Themes of Benchstrength and General Catalyst, share of checked companies
BenchstrengthGeneral Catalyst
AI & Machine Learning26%24%
Healthcare & Biotech15%18%
Fintech6%12%
Enterprise Software9%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%5%
Media & Entertainment6%2%

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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GET /v1/firms/generalcatalyst.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/benchstrengthvc.com/coinvestors
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