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Canaan vs WillowTree Ventures

Canaan lists 201 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; WillowTree Ventures lists 45 companies and has joined 4 rounds. Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), WillowTree Ventures comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Instacart and Turo.

201Portfolio companies45
29Funding rounds joined4
11Rounds led0
19Rounds, last 12 months3
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Canaan and WillowTree Ventures, head to head
CanaanWillowTree Ventures
Portfolio companies20145
Funding rounds joined294
Rounds led110
Rounds, last 12 months193
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%0%
Seed29%100%
Series A54%0%
Series B7%0%
Growth11%0%

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Entry stages of Canaan and WillowTree Ventures, share of entries
CanaanWillowTree Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%100%
Series A54%0%
Series B7%0%
Growth11%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech12%30%
Healthcare & Biotech21%4%
AI & Machine Learning17%19%
Enterprise Software7%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%9%
Cybersecurity5%9%

CanaanWillowTree Ventures

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Themes of Canaan and WillowTree Ventures, share of checked companies
CanaanWillowTree Ventures
Fintech12%30%
Healthcare & Biotech21%4%
AI & Machine Learning17%19%
Enterprise Software7%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%9%
Cybersecurity5%9%

Companies both back

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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/willowtree.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/canaan.com/coinvestors
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