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Canaan vs Headline

Canaan lists 201 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; Headline lists 76 companies and has joined 41 rounds. Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), Headline comes in most often at Series A (37% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Nivoda and TheRealReal.

201Portfolio companies76
29Funding rounds joined41
11Rounds led21
19Rounds, last 12 months32
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Canaan and Headline, head to head
CanaanHeadline
Portfolio companies20176
Funding rounds joined2941
Rounds led1121
Rounds, last 12 months1932
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%29%
Series A54%37%
Series B7%18%
Growth11%16%

CanaanHeadline

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Entry stages of Canaan and Headline, share of entries
CanaanHeadline
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%29%
Series A54%37%
Series B7%18%
Growth11%16%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech21%8%
AI & Machine Learning17%20%
Fintech12%19%
Enterprise Software7%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%9%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%7%

CanaanHeadline

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Themes of Canaan and Headline, share of checked companies
CanaanHeadline
Healthcare & Biotech21%8%
AI & Machine Learning17%20%
Fintech12%19%
Enterprise Software7%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%9%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%7%

Companies both back

2

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/canaan.com/portfolio

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