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Canaan vs Lerer Hippeau

Canaan lists 201 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; Lerer Hippeau lists 243 companies and has joined 32 rounds. Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), Lerer Hippeau comes in most often at Seed (53% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them JOOR, Inc., Ollie and The Inside.

201Portfolio companies243
29Funding rounds joined32
11Rounds led8
19Rounds, last 12 months16
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Canaan and Lerer Hippeau, head to head
CanaanLerer Hippeau
Portfolio companies201243
Funding rounds joined2932
Rounds led118
Rounds, last 12 months1916
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%7%
Seed29%53%
Series A54%33%
Series B7%3%
Growth11%3%

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Entry stages of Canaan and Lerer Hippeau, share of entries
CanaanLerer Hippeau
Pre-seed0%7%
Seed29%53%
Series A54%33%
Series B7%3%
Growth11%3%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech21%13%
AI & Machine Learning17%12%
Fintech12%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%10%
Consumer0%9%
Enterprise Software7%8%

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Themes of Canaan and Lerer Hippeau, share of checked companies
CanaanLerer Hippeau
Healthcare & Biotech21%13%
AI & Machine Learning17%12%
Fintech12%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%10%
Consumer0%9%
Enterprise Software7%8%

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