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Category Ventures vs Vela Partners
Category Ventures lists 27 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Vela Partners lists 46 companies and has joined 3 rounds. Category Ventures comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries), Vela Partners comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them cerby.com.
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| Category Ventures | Vela Partners | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 27 | 46 |
| Funding rounds joined | 4 | 3 |
| Rounds led | 3 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 3 | 2 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageCategory VenturesVela Partners
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| Category Ventures | Vela Partners | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 75% | 67% |
| Series A | 25% | 33% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesCategory VenturesVela Partners
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| Category Ventures | Vela Partners | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 35% | 34% |
| Enterprise Software | 22% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 9% |
| Fintech | 8% | 7% |
| Education | 0% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 7% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare Category Ventures and Vela Partners as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/categoryvc.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/vela.partners/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/categoryvc.com/coinvestors