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Contrarian Ventures vs SmartCap

Contrarian Ventures lists 29 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; SmartCap lists 34 companies and has joined 13 rounds. Contrarian Ventures comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), SmartCap comes in most often at Series A (60% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Fusebox.

29Portfolio companies34
8Funding rounds joined13
3Rounds led0
5Rounds, last 12 months4
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Contrarian Ventures and SmartCap, head to head
Contrarian VenturesSmartCap
Portfolio companies2934
Funding rounds joined813
Rounds led30
Rounds, last 12 months54
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-seed13%0%
Seed50%20%
Series A38%60%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%20%

Contrarian VenturesSmartCap

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Entry stages of Contrarian Ventures and SmartCap, share of entries
Contrarian VenturesSmartCap
Pre-seed13%0%
Seed50%20%
Series A38%60%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%20%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning18%30%
Education18%8%
Fintech5%17%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%11%
Space & Defense13%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces11%8%

Contrarian VenturesSmartCap

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Themes of Contrarian Ventures and SmartCap, share of checked companies
Contrarian VenturesSmartCap
AI & Machine Learning18%30%
Education18%8%
Fintech5%17%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%11%
Space & Defense13%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces11%8%

Companies both back

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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/cventures.vc/coinvestors
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