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Canaan vs Inspired Capital

Canaan lists 201 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; Inspired Capital lists 78 companies and has joined 21 rounds. Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), Inspired Capital comes in most often at Series A (58% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Arcade, Ladder and Hugo Insurance.

201Portfolio companies78
29Funding rounds joined21
11Rounds led7
19Rounds, last 12 months13
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Canaan and Inspired Capital, head to head
CanaanInspired Capital
Portfolio companies20178
Funding rounds joined2921
Rounds led117
Rounds, last 12 months1913
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%21%
Series A54%58%
Series B7%16%
Growth11%5%

CanaanInspired Capital

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Entry stages of Canaan and Inspired Capital, share of entries
CanaanInspired Capital
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%21%
Series A54%58%
Series B7%16%
Growth11%5%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning17%23%
Healthcare & Biotech21%12%
Fintech12%17%
Enterprise Software7%11%
Education4%7%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%

CanaanInspired Capital

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Themes of Canaan and Inspired Capital, share of checked companies
CanaanInspired Capital
AI & Machine Learning17%23%
Healthcare & Biotech21%12%
Fintech12%17%
Enterprise Software7%11%
Education4%7%
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/inspiredcapital.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/canaan.com/coinvestors
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