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Conviction vs Cyberstarts

Conviction lists 40 portfolio companies and has joined 46 funding rounds; Cyberstarts lists 25 companies and has joined 22 rounds. Conviction comes in most often at Seed (42% of its entries), Cyberstarts comes in most often at Series A (33% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Onyx.

40Portfolio companies25
46Funding rounds joined22
5Rounds led3
33Rounds, last 12 months13
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Conviction and Cyberstarts, head to head
ConvictionCyberstarts
Portfolio companies4025
Funding rounds joined4622
Rounds led53
Rounds, last 12 months3313
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed42%20%
Series A37%33%
Series B15%27%
Growth7%20%

ConvictionCyberstarts

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Entry stages of Conviction and Cyberstarts, share of entries
ConvictionCyberstarts
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed42%20%
Series A37%33%
Series B15%27%
Growth7%20%

Themes

share of checked companies
Cybersecurity13%51%
AI & Machine Learning40%35%
Enterprise Software11%5%
Healthcare & Biotech10%0%
Fintech3%7%
Education6%0%

ConvictionCyberstarts

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Themes of Conviction and Cyberstarts, share of checked companies
ConvictionCyberstarts
Cybersecurity13%51%
AI & Machine Learning40%35%
Enterprise Software11%5%
Healthcare & Biotech10%0%
Fintech3%7%
Education6%0%

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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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/conviction.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/cyberstarts.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/conviction.com/coinvestors
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