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Bonfire Ventures vs Mercato

Bonfire Ventures lists 114 portfolio companies and has joined 13 funding rounds; Mercato lists 23 companies and has joined 2 rounds. Bonfire Ventures comes in most often at Seed (83% of its entries), Mercato comes in most often at Series B (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them MNTN.

114Portfolio companies23
13Funding rounds joined2
9Rounds led1
10Rounds, last 12 months2
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Bonfire Ventures and Mercato, head to head
Bonfire VenturesMercato
Portfolio companies11423
Funding rounds joined132
Rounds led91
Rounds, last 12 months102
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%0%
Series A8%0%
Series B8%100%
Growth0%0%

Bonfire VenturesMercato

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Entry stages of Bonfire Ventures and Mercato, share of entries
Bonfire VenturesMercato
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed83%0%
Series A8%0%
Series B8%100%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%13%
Healthcare & Biotech8%18%
Fintech13%13%
Cybersecurity4%13%
Enterprise Software11%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%8%

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Themes of Bonfire Ventures and Mercato, share of checked companies
Bonfire VenturesMercato
AI & Machine Learning22%13%
Healthcare & Biotech8%18%
Fintech13%13%
Cybersecurity4%13%
Enterprise Software11%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%8%

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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