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BoxGroup vs Initialized

BoxGroup lists 198 portfolio companies and has joined 89 funding rounds; Initialized lists 181 companies and has joined 28 rounds. BoxGroup comes in most often at Seed (45% of its entries), Initialized comes in most often at Seed (44% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Lever, Paperspace and Ro.

198Portfolio companies181
89Funding rounds joined28
7Rounds led8
48Rounds, last 12 months13
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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BoxGroup and Initialized, head to head
BoxGroupInitialized
Portfolio companies198181
Funding rounds joined8928
Rounds led78
Rounds, last 12 months4813
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-seed1%0%
Seed45%44%
Series A35%37%
Series B11%19%
Growth8%0%

BoxGroupInitialized

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Entry stages of BoxGroup and Initialized, share of entries
BoxGroupInitialized
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed45%44%
Series A35%37%
Series B11%19%
Growth8%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%23%
Healthcare & Biotech16%13%
Fintech12%13%
Enterprise Software12%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%5%
Education4%5%

BoxGroupInitialized

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Themes of BoxGroup and Initialized, share of checked companies
BoxGroupInitialized
AI & Machine Learning24%23%
Healthcare & Biotech16%13%
Fintech12%13%
Enterprise Software12%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%5%
Education4%5%

Companies both back

3

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
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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/boxgroup.com/portfolio

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