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Circle Capital vs Variant

Circle Capital lists 22 portfolio companies and has joined 20 funding rounds; Variant lists 54 companies and has joined 24 rounds. Circle Capital comes in most often at Seed (37% of its entries), Variant comes in most often at Seed (48% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Morpho and Turnkey.

22Portfolio companies54
20Funding rounds joined24
3Rounds led7
15Rounds, last 12 months13
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Circle Capital and Variant, head to head
Circle CapitalVariant
Portfolio companies2254
Funding rounds joined2024
Rounds led37
Rounds, last 12 months1513
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%
Seed37%48%
Series A26%33%
Series B16%19%
Growth21%0%

Circle CapitalVariant

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Entry stages of Circle Capital and Variant, share of entries
Circle CapitalVariant
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed37%48%
Series A26%33%
Series B16%19%
Growth21%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech37%47%
Crypto & Web315%13%
AI & Machine Learning5%12%
Healthcare & Biotech10%0%
Cybersecurity0%8%
Enterprise Software7%6%

Circle CapitalVariant

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Themes of Circle Capital and Variant, share of checked companies
Circle CapitalVariant
Fintech37%47%
Crypto & Web315%13%
AI & Machine Learning5%12%
Healthcare & Biotech10%0%
Cybersecurity0%8%
Enterprise Software7%6%

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/circle.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/variant.fund/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/circle.vc/coinvestors
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