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Canaan vs Purple Ventures
Canaan lists 201 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; Purple Ventures lists 41 companies and has joined 22 rounds. Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), Purple Ventures comes in most often at Seed (72% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Artie.
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| Canaan | Purple Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 201 | 41 |
| Funding rounds joined | 29 | 22 |
| Rounds led | 11 | 8 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 19 | 9 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageCanaanPurple Ventures
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| Canaan | Purple Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 17% |
| Seed | 29% | 72% |
| Series A | 54% | 6% |
| Series B | 7% | 6% |
| Growth | 11% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesCanaanPurple Ventures
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| Canaan | Purple Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 21% | 11% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 14% |
| Fintech | 12% | 16% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 9% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 6% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare Canaan and Purple Ventures as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/canaan.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/purple-ventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/canaan.com/coinvestors