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byFounders vs Outward VC

byFounders lists 58 portfolio companies and has joined 25 funding rounds; Outward VC lists 30 companies and has joined 11 rounds. byFounders comes in most often at Seed (55% of its entries), Outward VC comes in most often at Seed (55% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Januar.

58Portfolio companies30
25Funding rounds joined11
12Rounds led6
14Rounds, last 12 months9
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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byFounders and Outward VC, head to head
byFoundersOutward VC
Portfolio companies5830
Funding rounds joined2511
Rounds led126
Rounds, last 12 months149
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed20%18%
Seed55%55%
Series A20%18%
Series B5%9%
Growth0%0%

byFoundersOutward VC

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Entry stages of byFounders and Outward VC, share of entries
byFoundersOutward VC
Pre-seed20%18%
Seed55%55%
Series A20%18%
Series B5%9%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech9%41%
AI & Machine Learning20%19%
Healthcare & Biotech9%4%
E-commerce & Marketplaces8%6%
Cybersecurity6%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing7%0%

byFoundersOutward VC

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Themes of byFounders and Outward VC, share of checked companies
byFoundersOutward VC
Fintech9%41%
AI & Machine Learning20%19%
Healthcare & Biotech9%4%
E-commerce & Marketplaces8%6%
Cybersecurity6%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing7%0%

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

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GET /v1/firms/outwardvc.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/byfounders.vc/coinvestors
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