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Cherry Ventures vs Illuminate Financial

Cherry Ventures lists 98 portfolio companies and has joined 43 funding rounds; Illuminate Financial lists 52 companies and has joined 15 rounds. Cherry Ventures comes in most often at Seed (62% of its entries), Illuminate Financial comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Bunch and Enmacc.

98Portfolio companies52
43Funding rounds joined15
14Rounds led4
28Rounds, last 12 months10
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Cherry Ventures and Illuminate Financial, head to head
Cherry VenturesIlluminate Financial
Portfolio companies9852
Funding rounds joined4315
Rounds led144
Rounds, last 12 months2810
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%
Seed62%0%
Series A27%54%
Series B5%39%
Growth5%8%

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Entry stages of Cherry Ventures and Illuminate Financial, share of entries
Cherry VenturesIlluminate Financial
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed62%0%
Series A27%54%
Series B5%39%
Growth5%8%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech14%47%
AI & Machine Learning27%18%
Enterprise Software9%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces8%3%
Crypto & Web30%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing7%0%

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Themes of Cherry Ventures and Illuminate Financial, share of checked companies
Cherry VenturesIlluminate Financial
Fintech14%47%
AI & Machine Learning27%18%
Enterprise Software9%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces8%3%
Crypto & Web30%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing7%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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VCinfo API
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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/cherry.vc/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/illuminatefinancial.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/cherry.vc/coinvestors
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