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Bessemer Venture Partners vs Play Ventures

Bessemer Venture Partners lists 496 portfolio companies and has joined 157 funding rounds; Play Ventures lists 80 companies and has joined 16 rounds. Bessemer Venture Partners comes in most often at Seed (28% of its entries), Play Ventures comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Gamefam.

496Portfolio companies80
157Funding rounds joined16
74Rounds led3
95Rounds, last 12 months9
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Bessemer Venture Partners and Play Ventures, head to head
Bessemer Venture PartnersPlay Ventures
Portfolio companies49680
Funding rounds joined15716
Rounds led743
Rounds, last 12 months959
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%60%
Series A24%20%
Series B24%7%
Growth24%13%

Bessemer Venture PartnersPlay Ventures

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Entry stages of Bessemer Venture Partners and Play Ventures, share of entries
Bessemer Venture PartnersPlay Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed28%60%
Series A24%20%
Series B24%7%
Growth24%13%

Themes

share of checked companies
Gaming0%38%
AI & Machine Learning22%10%
Enterprise Software12%22%
Fintech12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech12%2%
Media & Entertainment0%9%

Bessemer Venture PartnersPlay Ventures

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Themes of Bessemer Venture Partners and Play Ventures, share of checked companies
Bessemer Venture PartnersPlay Ventures
Gaming0%38%
AI & Machine Learning22%10%
Enterprise Software12%22%
Fintech12%10%
Healthcare & Biotech12%2%
Media & Entertainment0%9%

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/play.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/bvp.com/coinvestors
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