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Character vs Vela Partners

Character lists 35 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; Vela Partners lists 46 companies and has joined 3 rounds. Character comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries), Vela Partners comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Phaidra.

35Portfolio companies46
7Funding rounds joined3
0Rounds led0
2Rounds, last 12 months2
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Character and Vela Partners, head to head
CharacterVela Partners
Portfolio companies3546
Funding rounds joined73
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months22
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed67%67%
Series A33%33%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

CharacterVela Partners

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Entry stages of Character and Vela Partners, share of entries
CharacterVela Partners
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed67%67%
Series A33%33%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning37%34%
Enterprise Software9%18%
Healthcare & Biotech14%3%
Fintech12%7%
Cybersecurity4%9%
Education0%8%

CharacterVela Partners

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Themes of Character and Vela Partners, share of checked companies
CharacterVela Partners
AI & Machine Learning37%34%
Enterprise Software9%18%
Healthcare & Biotech14%3%
Fintech12%7%
Cybersecurity4%9%
Education0%8%

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/vela.partners/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/character.vc/coinvestors
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