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BY Venture Partners vs Forerunner

BY Venture Partners lists 79 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; Forerunner lists 28 companies and has joined 34 rounds. BY Venture Partners comes in most often at Seed (43% of its entries), Forerunner comes in most often at Series A (37% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Jump.

79Portfolio companies28
7Funding rounds joined34
0Rounds led18
6Rounds, last 12 months15
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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BY Venture Partners and Forerunner, head to head
BY Venture PartnersForerunner
Portfolio companies7928
Funding rounds joined734
Rounds led018
Rounds, last 12 months615
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-seed14%0%
Seed43%23%
Series A43%37%
Series B0%23%
Growth0%17%

BY Venture PartnersForerunner

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Entry stages of BY Venture Partners and Forerunner, share of entries
BY Venture PartnersForerunner
Pre-seed14%0%
Seed43%23%
Series A43%37%
Series B0%23%
Growth0%17%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning14%32%
Enterprise Software19%15%
Fintech12%9%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%6%
Healthcare & Biotech10%9%
Media & Entertainment5%9%

BY Venture PartnersForerunner

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Themes of BY Venture Partners and Forerunner, share of checked companies
BY Venture PartnersForerunner
AI & Machine Learning14%32%
Enterprise Software19%15%
Fintech12%9%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%6%
Healthcare & Biotech10%9%
Media & Entertainment5%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/forerunnerventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/byvp.com/coinvestors
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