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Cadenza vs Draper Cygnus

Cadenza lists 26 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Draper Cygnus lists 30 companies and has joined 4 rounds. Cadenza comes in most often at Series A (60% of its entries), Draper Cygnus comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Lemon.

26Portfolio companies30
5Funding rounds joined4
1Rounds led1
3Rounds, last 12 months4
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Cadenza and Draper Cygnus, head to head
CadenzaDraper Cygnus
Portfolio companies2630
Funding rounds joined54
Rounds led11
Rounds, last 12 months34
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed20%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A60%0%
Series B20%0%
Growth0%0%

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Entry stages of Cadenza and Draper Cygnus, share of entries
CadenzaDraper Cygnus
Pre-seed20%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A60%0%
Series B20%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning20%35%
Fintech25%8%
Crypto & Web315%0%
Cybersecurity13%6%
Education5%8%
Space & Defense3%8%

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Themes of Cadenza and Draper Cygnus, share of checked companies
CadenzaDraper Cygnus
AI & Machine Learning20%35%
Fintech25%8%
Crypto & Web315%0%
Cybersecurity13%6%
Education5%8%
Space & Defense3%8%

Companies both back

1

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/cadenza.vc/coinvestors
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