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Bessemer Venture Partners vs Category Ventures

Bessemer Venture Partners lists 495 portfolio companies and has joined 157 funding rounds; Category Ventures lists 27 companies and has joined 4 rounds. Bessemer Venture Partners comes in most often at Seed (28% of its entries), Category Ventures comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them MaintainX and Zapier.

495Portfolio companies27
157Funding rounds joined4
74Rounds led3
95Rounds, last 12 months3
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Bessemer Venture Partners and Category Ventures, head to head
Bessemer Venture PartnersCategory Ventures
Portfolio companies49527
Funding rounds joined1574
Rounds led743
Rounds, last 12 months953
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed28%75%
Series A24%25%
Series B24%0%
Growth24%0%

Bessemer Venture PartnersCategory Ventures

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Entry stages of Bessemer Venture Partners and Category Ventures, share of entries
Bessemer Venture PartnersCategory Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed28%75%
Series A24%25%
Series B24%0%
Growth24%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%35%
Enterprise Software12%22%
Fintech12%8%
Healthcare & Biotech12%4%
Cybersecurity9%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%2%

Bessemer Venture PartnersCategory Ventures

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Themes of Bessemer Venture Partners and Category Ventures, share of checked companies
Bessemer Venture PartnersCategory Ventures
AI & Machine Learning22%35%
Enterprise Software12%22%
Fintech12%8%
Healthcare & Biotech12%4%
Cybersecurity9%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%2%

Companies both back

2

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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