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Creative Destruction Lab vs Surface Ventures

Creative Destruction Lab lists 1,552 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Surface Ventures lists 4 companies and has joined 4 rounds. Surface Ventures comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Octozi.

1,552Portfolio companies4
0Funding rounds joined4
0Rounds led3
0Rounds, last 12 months4
n/aTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Creative Destruction Lab and Surface Ventures, head to head
Creative Destruction LabSurface Ventures
Portfolio companies1,5524
Funding rounds joined04
Rounds led03
Rounds, last 12 months04
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%100%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Creative Destruction LabSurface Ventures

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

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning26%40%
Healthcare & Biotech22%40%
Cybersecurity4%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%0%
Education5%0%
Fintech5%0%

Creative Destruction LabSurface Ventures

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Themes of Creative Destruction Lab and Surface Ventures, share of checked companies
Creative Destruction LabSurface Ventures
AI & Machine Learning26%40%
Healthcare & Biotech22%40%
Cybersecurity4%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%0%
Education5%0%
Fintech5%0%

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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