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Caffeinated vs The Pay It Forward Companies

Caffeinated lists 32 portfolio companies and has joined 31 funding rounds; The Pay It Forward Companies lists 19 companies and has joined 3 rounds. Caffeinated comes in most often at Series A (39% of its entries), The Pay It Forward Companies comes in most often at Series B (50% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Hadrian.

32Portfolio companies19
31Funding rounds joined3
8Rounds led2
15Rounds, last 12 months2
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$100M or more
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Caffeinated and The Pay It Forward Companies, head to head
CaffeinatedThe Pay It Forward Companies
Portfolio companies3219
Funding rounds joined313
Rounds led82
Rounds, last 12 months152
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$100M or more
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed22%0%
Series A39%0%
Series B26%50%
Growth13%50%

CaffeinatedThe Pay It Forward Companies

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Entry stages of Caffeinated and The Pay It Forward Companies, share of entries
CaffeinatedThe Pay It Forward Companies
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed22%0%
Series A39%0%
Series B26%50%
Growth13%50%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning36%21%
Fintech10%31%
Healthcare & Biotech10%3%
Space & Defense0%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%7%
Cybersecurity7%3%

CaffeinatedThe Pay It Forward Companies

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Themes of Caffeinated and The Pay It Forward Companies, share of checked companies
CaffeinatedThe Pay It Forward Companies
AI & Machine Learning36%21%
Fintech10%31%
Healthcare & Biotech10%3%
Space & Defense0%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%7%
Cybersecurity7%3%

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

# also
GET /v1/firms/pif.co/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/caffeinated.com/coinvestors
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