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CRV vs Initialized

CRV lists 164 portfolio companies and has joined 48 funding rounds; Initialized lists 181 companies and has joined 28 rounds. CRV comes in most often at Series A (38% of its entries), Initialized comes in most often at Seed (44% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them Color, Flock Safety and Patreon.

164Portfolio companies181
48Funding rounds joined28
16Rounds led8
27Rounds, last 12 months13
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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CRV and Initialized, head to head
CRVInitialized
Portfolio companies164181
Funding rounds joined4828
Rounds led168
Rounds, last 12 months2713
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed26%44%
Series A38%37%
Series B19%19%
Growth17%0%

CRVInitialized

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Entry stages of CRV and Initialized, share of entries
CRVInitialized
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed26%44%
Series A38%37%
Series B19%19%
Growth17%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning29%23%
Cybersecurity15%5%
Healthcare & Biotech11%13%
Fintech6%13%
Enterprise Software12%8%
Space & Defense7%5%

CRVInitialized

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Themes of CRV and Initialized, share of checked companies
CRVInitialized
AI & Machine Learning29%23%
Cybersecurity15%5%
Healthcare & Biotech11%13%
Fintech6%13%
Enterprise Software12%8%
Space & Defense7%5%

Companies both back

4

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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/crv.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/initialized.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/crv.com/coinvestors
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