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Core VC vs Variv

Core VC lists 62 portfolio companies and has joined 2 funding rounds; Variv lists 35 companies and has joined 1 round. Core VC comes in most often at Pre-seed (50% of its entries), Variv comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them PayJoy.

Core VCView profilevs

VarivView profile

62Portfolio companies35

2Funding rounds joined1

0Rounds led0

1Rounds, last 12 months1

$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M

0%Sites no longer answering0%

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Core VC and Variv, head to head
	Core VC	Variv
Portfolio companies	62	35
Funding rounds joined	2	1
Rounds led	0	0
Rounds, last 12 months	1	1
Typical round it comes in at	$5M to $20M	$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering	0%	0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage

Pre-seed50%0%

Seed0%100%

Series A50%0%

Series B0%0%

Growth0%0%

Core VCVariv

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Entry stages of Core VC and Variv, share of entries
	Core VC	Variv
Pre-seed	50%	0%
Seed	0%	100%
Series A	50%	0%
Series B	0%	0%
Growth	0%	0%

Themes

share of checked companies

Fintech44%31%

Healthcare & Biotech21%6%

E-commerce & Marketplaces4%12%

Industrial & Manufacturing0%8%

AI & Machine Learning6%6%

Food & Agriculture0%6%

Core VCVariv

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Themes of Core VC and Variv, share of checked companies
	Core VC	Variv
Fintech	44%	31%
Healthcare & Biotech	21%	6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces	4%	12%
Industrial & Manufacturing	0%	8%
AI & Machine Learning	6%	6%
Food & Agriculture	0%	6%

Companies both back

PayJoypayjoy.com

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/variv.com/portfolio
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