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Canaan vs NightDragon
Canaan lists 201 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; NightDragon lists 17 companies and has joined 3 rounds. Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), NightDragon comes in most often at Series B (67% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Capella Space Labs and Clean.io.
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| Canaan | NightDragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 201 | 17 |
| Funding rounds joined | 29 | 3 |
| Rounds led | 11 | 1 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 19 | 2 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $100M or more |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageCanaanNightDragon
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| Canaan | NightDragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 29% | 0% |
| Series A | 54% | 0% |
| Series B | 7% | 67% |
| Growth | 11% | 33% |
Themes
share of checked companiesCanaanNightDragon
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| Canaan | NightDragon | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 39% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 39% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 21% | 4% |
| Fintech | 12% | 0% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 0% | 8% |
Companies both back
2Shared 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
Compare Canaan and NightDragon as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/canaan.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/nightdragon.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/canaan.com/coinvestors