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Creative Destruction Lab vs StartX

Creative Destruction Lab lists 1,552 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; StartX lists 772 companies and has joined 2 rounds. StartX comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries). 11 companies are on both portfolios, among them Antora, Concha Labs Health and Juvena Therapeutics.

1,552Portfolio companies772
0Funding rounds joined2
0Rounds led0
0Rounds, last 12 months1
n/aTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Creative Destruction Lab and StartX, head to head
Creative Destruction LabStartX
Portfolio companies1,552772
Funding rounds joined02
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months01
Typical round it comes in atn/a$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

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

Creative Destruction LabStartX

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Entry stages of Creative Destruction Lab and StartX, share of entries
Creative Destruction LabStartX
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%0%
Series A0%100%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning26%19%
Healthcare & Biotech22%25%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%6%
Education5%9%
Fintech5%8%
Enterprise Software4%7%

Creative Destruction LabStartX

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Themes of Creative Destruction Lab and StartX, share of checked companies
Creative Destruction LabStartX
AI & Machine Learning26%19%
Healthcare & Biotech22%25%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%6%
Education5%9%
Fintech5%8%
Enterprise Software4%7%

Companies both back

11

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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