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Bonfire Ventures vs Initialized

Bonfire Ventures lists 114 portfolio companies and has joined 13 funding rounds; Initialized lists 181 companies and has joined 28 rounds. Bonfire Ventures comes in most often at Seed (83% of its entries), Initialized comes in most often at Seed (44% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them GOAT and Rainforest QA.

114Portfolio companies181
13Funding rounds joined28
9Rounds led8
10Rounds, last 12 months13
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Bonfire Ventures and Initialized, head to head
Bonfire VenturesInitialized
Portfolio companies114181
Funding rounds joined1328
Rounds led98
Rounds, last 12 months1013
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed83%44%
Series A8%37%
Series B8%19%
Growth0%0%

Bonfire VenturesInitialized

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Entry stages of Bonfire Ventures and Initialized, share of entries
Bonfire VenturesInitialized
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed83%44%
Series A8%37%
Series B8%19%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%23%
Healthcare & Biotech8%13%
Fintech13%13%
Enterprise Software11%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%

Bonfire VenturesInitialized

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Themes of Bonfire Ventures and Initialized, share of checked companies
Bonfire VenturesInitialized
AI & Machine Learning22%23%
Healthcare & Biotech8%13%
Fintech13%13%
Enterprise Software11%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%5%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%

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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GET /v1/firms/initialized.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/bonfirevc.com/coinvestors
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