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Black Nova Venture Capital vs Startmate

Black Nova Venture Capital lists 41 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; Startmate lists 190 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Black Nova Venture Capital comes in most often at Seed (83% of its entries), Startmate comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Arlula and CipherStash.

41Portfolio companies190
6Funding rounds joined7
2Rounds led2
6Rounds, last 12 months3
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Black Nova Venture Capital and Startmate, head to head
Black Nova Venture CapitalStartmate
Portfolio companies41190
Funding rounds joined67
Rounds led22
Rounds, last 12 months63
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed83%57%
Series A17%29%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%14%

Black Nova Venture CapitalStartmate

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Entry stages of Black Nova Venture Capital and Startmate, share of entries
Black Nova Venture CapitalStartmate
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed83%57%
Series A17%29%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%14%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%21%
Healthcare & Biotech11%14%
Cybersecurity11%4%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%11%
Education3%11%
Space & Defense10%0%

Black Nova Venture CapitalStartmate

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Themes of Black Nova Venture Capital and Startmate, share of checked companies
Black Nova Venture CapitalStartmate
AI & Machine Learning22%21%
Healthcare & Biotech11%14%
Cybersecurity11%4%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%11%
Education3%11%
Space & Defense10%0%

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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/blacknova.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/startmate.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/blacknova.vc/coinvestors
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