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Chapter One vs The Pay It Forward Companies

Chapter One lists 75 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; The Pay It Forward Companies lists 19 companies and has joined 3 rounds. Chapter One comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries), The Pay It Forward Companies comes in most often at Series B (50% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Kraken.

75Portfolio companies19
7Funding rounds joined3
0Rounds led2
4Rounds, last 12 months2
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$100M or more
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Chapter One and The Pay It Forward Companies, head to head
Chapter OneThe Pay It Forward Companies
Portfolio companies7519
Funding rounds joined73
Rounds led02
Rounds, last 12 months42
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%
Seed71%0%
Series A29%0%
Series B0%50%
Growth0%50%

Chapter OneThe Pay It Forward Companies

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Entry stages of Chapter One and The Pay It Forward Companies, share of entries
Chapter OneThe Pay It Forward Companies
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed71%0%
Series A29%0%
Series B0%50%
Growth0%50%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech21%31%
AI & Machine Learning19%21%
Cybersecurity12%3%
Space & Defense0%10%
Education8%0%
Enterprise Software8%0%

Chapter OneThe Pay It Forward Companies

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Themes of Chapter One and The Pay It Forward Companies, share of checked companies
Chapter OneThe Pay It Forward Companies
Fintech21%31%
AI & Machine Learning19%21%
Cybersecurity12%3%
Space & Defense0%10%
Education8%0%
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/chapterone.com/coinvestors
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