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Canaan vs General Catalyst

Canaan lists 201 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; General Catalyst lists 615 companies and has joined 313 rounds. Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), General Catalyst comes in most often at Seed (35% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them Artie, Instacart and Ladder.

201Portfolio companies615
29Funding rounds joined313
11Rounds led129
19Rounds, last 12 months173
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Canaan and General Catalyst, head to head
CanaanGeneral Catalyst
Portfolio companies201615
Funding rounds joined29313
Rounds led11129
Rounds, last 12 months19173
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%1%
Seed29%35%
Series A54%27%
Series B7%14%
Growth11%22%

CanaanGeneral Catalyst

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Entry stages of Canaan and General Catalyst, share of entries
CanaanGeneral Catalyst
Pre-seed0%1%
Seed29%35%
Series A54%27%
Series B7%14%
Growth11%22%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning17%24%
Healthcare & Biotech21%18%
Fintech12%12%
Enterprise Software7%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%
Cybersecurity5%6%

CanaanGeneral Catalyst

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Themes of Canaan and General Catalyst, share of checked companies
CanaanGeneral Catalyst
AI & Machine Learning17%24%
Healthcare & Biotech21%18%
Fintech12%12%
Enterprise Software7%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%
Cybersecurity5%6%

Companies both back

4

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/generalcatalyst.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/canaan.com/coinvestors
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