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Canaan vs RA Capital

Canaan lists 201 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; RA Capital lists 216 companies and has joined 64 rounds. Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), RA Capital comes in most often at Growth (39% of its entries). 5 companies are on both portfolios, among them Arvinas, Solstice Oncology and Synthekine.

201Portfolio companies216
29Funding rounds joined64
11Rounds led25
19Rounds, last 12 months46
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$100M or more
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Canaan and RA Capital, head to head
CanaanRA Capital
Portfolio companies201216
Funding rounds joined2964
Rounds led1125
Rounds, last 12 months1946
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$100M or more
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%3%
Series A54%34%
Series B7%24%
Growth11%39%

CanaanRA Capital

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Entry stages of Canaan and RA Capital, share of entries
CanaanRA Capital
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%3%
Series A54%34%
Series B7%24%
Growth11%39%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech21%87%
AI & Machine Learning17%2%
Fintech12%1%
Enterprise Software7%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%1%
Media & Entertainment5%0%

CanaanRA Capital

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Themes of Canaan and RA Capital, share of checked companies
CanaanRA Capital
Healthcare & Biotech21%87%
AI & Machine Learning17%2%
Fintech12%1%
Enterprise Software7%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%1%
Media & Entertainment5%0%

Companies both back

5

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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