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Cites vs Founders Factory

Cites lists 16 portfolio companies and has joined 2 funding rounds; Founders Factory lists 255 companies and has joined 15 rounds. Cites comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Founders Factory comes in most often at Seed (64% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Peptone.

16Portfolio companies255
2Funding rounds joined15
0Rounds led2
2Rounds, last 12 months10
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Cites and Founders Factory, head to head
CitesFounders Factory
Portfolio companies16255
Funding rounds joined215
Rounds led02
Rounds, last 12 months210
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%14%
Seed100%64%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%21%

CitesFounders Factory

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Entry stages of Cites and Founders Factory, share of entries
CitesFounders Factory
Pre-seed0%14%
Seed100%64%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%21%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech41%10%
AI & Machine Learning18%23%
Fintech9%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%8%
Education9%9%
Enterprise Software5%8%

CitesFounders Factory

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Themes of Cites and Founders Factory, share of checked companies
CitesFounders Factory
Healthcare & Biotech41%10%
AI & Machine Learning18%23%
Fintech9%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%8%
Education9%9%
Enterprise Software5%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/cites-gss.com/coinvestors
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