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Creative Destruction Lab vs Zinc

Creative Destruction Lab lists 1,552 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Zinc lists 62 companies and has joined 6 rounds. Zinc comes in most often at Seed (80% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Granyt.

1,552Portfolio companies62
0Funding rounds joined6
0Rounds led2
0Rounds, last 12 months5
n/aTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Creative Destruction Lab and Zinc, head to head
Creative Destruction LabZinc
Portfolio companies1,55262
Funding rounds joined06
Rounds led02
Rounds, last 12 months05
Typical round it comes in atn/aunder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%20%
Seed0%80%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Creative Destruction LabZinc

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Entry stages of Creative Destruction Lab and Zinc, share of entries
Creative Destruction LabZinc
Pre-seed0%20%
Seed0%80%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech22%45%
AI & Machine Learning26%13%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%12%
Education5%12%
Real Estate & Construction0%6%
Fintech5%4%

Creative Destruction LabZinc

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Themes of Creative Destruction Lab and Zinc, share of checked companies
Creative Destruction LabZinc
Healthcare & Biotech22%45%
AI & Machine Learning26%13%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%12%
Education5%12%
Real Estate & Construction0%6%
Fintech5%4%

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