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Counteract vs NextSTEP

Counteract lists 9 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; NextSTEP lists 18 companies and has joined 3 rounds. Counteract comes in most often at Series A (60% of its entries), NextSTEP comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Chloris Geospatial.

9Portfolio companies18
5Funding rounds joined3
0Rounds led0
3Rounds, last 12 months1
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Counteract and NextSTEP, head to head
CounteractNextSTEP
Portfolio companies918
Funding rounds joined53
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months31
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed20%0%
Seed20%100%
Series A60%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

CounteractNextSTEP

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Entry stages of Counteract and NextSTEP, share of entries
CounteractNextSTEP
Pre-seed20%0%
Seed20%100%
Series A60%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning56%21%
Climate & Energy25%6%
Space & Defense0%18%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%12%
Education0%12%
Healthcare & Biotech0%9%

CounteractNextSTEP

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Themes of Counteract and NextSTEP, share of checked companies
CounteractNextSTEP
AI & Machine Learning56%21%
Climate & Energy25%6%
Space & Defense0%18%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%12%
Education0%12%
Healthcare & Biotech0%9%

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/counteract.vc/coinvestors
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