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Canaan vs Insight Partners

Canaan lists 201 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; Insight Partners lists 652 companies and has joined 138 rounds. Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), Insight Partners comes in most often at Growth (36% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Cynomi, mate.security and Tropic.

201Portfolio companies652
29Funding rounds joined138
11Rounds led78
19Rounds, last 12 months77
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Canaan and Insight Partners, head to head
CanaanInsight Partners
Portfolio companies201652
Funding rounds joined29138
Rounds led1178
Rounds, last 12 months1977
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%12%
Series A54%24%
Series B7%28%
Growth11%36%

CanaanInsight Partners

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Entry stages of Canaan and Insight Partners, share of entries
CanaanInsight Partners
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%12%
Series A54%24%
Series B7%28%
Growth11%36%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning17%26%
Healthcare & Biotech21%8%
Enterprise Software7%14%
Fintech12%11%
Cybersecurity5%12%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%

CanaanInsight Partners

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Themes of Canaan and Insight Partners, share of checked companies
CanaanInsight Partners
AI & Machine Learning17%26%
Healthcare & Biotech21%8%
Enterprise Software7%14%
Fintech12%11%
Cybersecurity5%12%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%

Companies both back

3

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