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Category Ventures vs Sapphire Ventures

Category Ventures lists 27 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Sapphire Ventures lists 174 companies and has joined 38 rounds. Category Ventures comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries), Sapphire Ventures comes in most often at Growth (71% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Glean and MuleSoft.

27Portfolio companies174
4Funding rounds joined38
3Rounds led8
3Rounds, last 12 months22
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$100M or more
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Category Ventures and Sapphire Ventures, head to head
Category VenturesSapphire Ventures
Portfolio companies27174
Funding rounds joined438
Rounds led38
Rounds, last 12 months322
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$100M or more
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed75%7%
Series A25%3%
Series B0%19%
Growth0%71%

Category VenturesSapphire Ventures

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Entry stages of Category Ventures and Sapphire Ventures, share of entries
Category VenturesSapphire Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed75%7%
Series A25%3%
Series B0%19%
Growth0%71%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning35%26%
Enterprise Software22%16%
Cybersecurity6%12%
Fintech8%12%
Healthcare & Biotech4%5%
Media & Entertainment4%5%

Category VenturesSapphire Ventures

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Themes of Category Ventures and Sapphire Ventures, share of checked companies
Category VenturesSapphire Ventures
AI & Machine Learning35%26%
Enterprise Software22%16%
Cybersecurity6%12%
Fintech8%12%
Healthcare & Biotech4%5%
Media & Entertainment4%5%

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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GET /v1/firms/categoryvc.com/coinvestors
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