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Bessemer Venture Partners vs General Catalyst

Bessemer Venture Partners lists 496 portfolio companies and has joined 157 funding rounds; General Catalyst lists 615 companies and has joined 313 rounds. Bessemer Venture Partners comes in most often at Seed (28% of its entries), General Catalyst comes in most often at Seed (35% of its entries). 18 companies are on both portfolios, among them Abridge, Anthropic and Canva.

496Portfolio companies615
157Funding rounds joined313
74Rounds led129
95Rounds, last 12 months173
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Bessemer Venture Partners and General Catalyst, head to head
Bessemer Venture PartnersGeneral Catalyst
Portfolio companies496615
Funding rounds joined157313
Rounds led74129
Rounds, last 12 months95173
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%
Seed28%35%
Series A24%27%
Series B24%14%
Growth24%22%

Bessemer Venture PartnersGeneral Catalyst

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Entry stages of Bessemer Venture Partners and General Catalyst, share of entries
Bessemer Venture PartnersGeneral Catalyst
Pre-seed0%1%
Seed28%35%
Series A24%27%
Series B24%14%
Growth24%22%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%24%
Healthcare & Biotech12%18%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Fintech12%12%
Cybersecurity9%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%

Bessemer Venture PartnersGeneral Catalyst

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Themes of Bessemer Venture Partners and General Catalyst, share of checked companies
Bessemer Venture PartnersGeneral Catalyst
AI & Machine Learning22%24%
Healthcare & Biotech12%18%
Enterprise Software12%10%
Fintech12%12%
Cybersecurity9%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%

Companies both back

18

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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