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Creative Destruction Lab vs Next Gear Ventures

Creative Destruction Lab lists 1,552 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Next Gear Ventures lists 32 companies and has joined 1 round. Next Gear Ventures comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Whilx.

1,552Portfolio companies32
0Funding rounds joined1
0Rounds led0
0Rounds, last 12 months0
n/aTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Creative Destruction Lab and Next Gear Ventures, head to head
Creative Destruction LabNext Gear Ventures
Portfolio companies1,55232
Funding rounds joined01
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months00
Typical round it comes in atn/aunder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Creative Destruction LabNext Gear Ventures

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Entry stages of Creative Destruction Lab and Next Gear Ventures, share of entries
Creative Destruction LabNext Gear Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning26%30%
Healthcare & Biotech22%0%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%22%
Mobility & Logistics0%17%
Education5%10%
Robotics & Hardware2%8%

Creative Destruction LabNext Gear Ventures

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Themes of Creative Destruction Lab and Next Gear Ventures, share of checked companies
Creative Destruction LabNext Gear Ventures
AI & Machine Learning26%30%
Healthcare & Biotech22%0%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%22%
Mobility & Logistics0%17%
Education5%10%
Robotics & Hardware2%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/creativedestructionlab.com/coinvestors
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