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Canaan vs Deerfield

Canaan lists 201 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; Deerfield lists 9 companies and has joined 11 rounds. Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), Deerfield comes in most often at Series B (50% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Actio Biosciences and Setara Biosciences.

201Portfolio companies9
29Funding rounds joined11
11Rounds led4
19Rounds, last 12 months6
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Canaan and Deerfield, head to head
CanaanDeerfield
Portfolio companies2019
Funding rounds joined2911
Rounds led114
Rounds, last 12 months196
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-seed0%0%
Seed29%10%
Series A54%30%
Series B7%50%
Growth11%10%

CanaanDeerfield

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Entry stages of Canaan and Deerfield, share of entries
CanaanDeerfield
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%10%
Series A54%30%
Series B7%50%
Growth11%10%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech21%82%
AI & Machine Learning17%9%
Fintech12%0%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%9%
Enterprise Software7%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%0%

CanaanDeerfield

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Themes of Canaan and Deerfield, share of checked companies
CanaanDeerfield
Healthcare & Biotech21%82%
AI & Machine Learning17%9%
Fintech12%0%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%9%
Enterprise Software7%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%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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GET /v1/firms/deerfield.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/canaan.com/coinvestors
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