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Creative Destruction Lab vs Specialist VC

Creative Destruction Lab lists 1,552 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Specialist VC lists 51 companies and has joined 11 rounds. Specialist VC comes in most often at Seed (64% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Timbeter and Vool.

1,552Portfolio companies51
0Funding rounds joined11
0Rounds led1
0Rounds, last 12 months3
n/aTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Creative Destruction Lab and Specialist VC, head to head
Creative Destruction LabSpecialist VC
Portfolio companies1,55251
Funding rounds joined011
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months03
Typical round it comes in atn/a$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%64%
Series A0%27%
Series B0%9%
Growth0%0%

Creative Destruction LabSpecialist VC

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Entry stages of Creative Destruction Lab and Specialist VC, share of entries
Creative Destruction LabSpecialist VC
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%64%
Series A0%27%
Series B0%9%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning26%16%
Healthcare & Biotech22%10%
Fintech5%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces3%13%
Space & Defense4%10%

Creative Destruction LabSpecialist VC

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Themes of Creative Destruction Lab and Specialist VC, share of checked companies
Creative Destruction LabSpecialist VC
AI & Machine Learning26%16%
Healthcare & Biotech22%10%
Fintech5%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces3%13%
Space & Defense4%10%

Companies both back

2

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/specialist.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/creativedestructionlab.com/coinvestors
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