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Castle Island Ventures vs Variant

Castle Island Ventures lists 25 portfolio companies and has joined 15 funding rounds; Variant lists 54 companies and has joined 24 rounds. Castle Island Ventures comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Variant comes in most often at Seed (48% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them OpenFX and Project 11.

25Portfolio companies54
15Funding rounds joined24
7Rounds led7
10Rounds, last 12 months13
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Castle Island Ventures and Variant, head to head
Castle Island VenturesVariant
Portfolio companies2554
Funding rounds joined1524
Rounds led77
Rounds, last 12 months1013
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%48%
Series A42%33%
Series B8%19%
Growth0%0%

Castle Island VenturesVariant

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Entry stages of Castle Island Ventures and Variant, share of entries
Castle Island VenturesVariant
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%48%
Series A42%33%
Series B8%19%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech58%47%
Crypto & Web311%13%
AI & Machine Learning3%12%
Cybersecurity11%8%
Enterprise Software3%6%
Real Estate & Construction5%0%

Castle Island VenturesVariant

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Themes of Castle Island Ventures and Variant, share of checked companies
Castle Island VenturesVariant
Fintech58%47%
Crypto & Web311%13%
AI & Machine Learning3%12%
Cybersecurity11%8%
Enterprise Software3%6%
Real Estate & Construction5%0%

Companies both back

2

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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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/castleisland.vc/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/variant.fund/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/castleisland.vc/coinvestors
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