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Chapter One vs Mercato

Chapter One lists 75 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; Mercato lists 23 companies and has joined 2 rounds. Chapter One comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries), Mercato comes in most often at Series B (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Formic.

75Portfolio companies23
7Funding rounds joined2
0Rounds led1
4Rounds, last 12 months2
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Chapter One and Mercato, head to head
Chapter OneMercato
Portfolio companies7523
Funding rounds joined72
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months42
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed71%0%
Series A29%0%
Series B0%100%
Growth0%0%

Chapter OneMercato

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Entry stages of Chapter One and Mercato, share of entries
Chapter OneMercato
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed71%0%
Series A29%0%
Series B0%100%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech21%13%
AI & Machine Learning19%13%
Healthcare & Biotech5%18%
Cybersecurity12%13%
Education8%5%
Enterprise Software8%0%

Chapter OneMercato

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Themes of Chapter One and Mercato, share of checked companies
Chapter OneMercato
Fintech21%13%
AI & Machine Learning19%13%
Healthcare & Biotech5%18%
Cybersecurity12%13%
Education8%5%
Enterprise Software8%0%

Companies both back

1

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/mercatopartners.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/chapterone.com/coinvestors
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