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Chapter One vs The Venture Dept.

Chapter One lists 75 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; The Venture Dept. lists 27 companies and has joined 4 rounds. Chapter One comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries), The Venture Dept. comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Squid and Superstate.

75Portfolio companies27
7Funding rounds joined4
0Rounds led0
4Rounds, last 12 months3
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Chapter One and The Venture Dept., head to head
Chapter OneThe Venture Dept.
Portfolio companies7527
Funding rounds joined74
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months43
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

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

Chapter OneThe Venture Dept.

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Entry stages of Chapter One and The Venture Dept., share of entries
Chapter OneThe Venture Dept.
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed71%100%
Series A29%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech21%66%
AI & Machine Learning19%7%
Crypto & Web36%14%
Cybersecurity12%7%
Education8%0%
Enterprise Software8%0%

Chapter OneThe Venture Dept.

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Themes of Chapter One and The Venture Dept., share of checked companies
Chapter OneThe Venture Dept.
Fintech21%66%
AI & Machine Learning19%7%
Crypto & Web36%14%
Cybersecurity12%7%
Education8%0%
Enterprise Software8%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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GET /v1/firms/theventuredept.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/chapterone.com/coinvestors
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