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DCG vs Variant

DCG lists 317 portfolio companies and has joined 21 funding rounds; Variant lists 54 companies and has joined 24 rounds. DCG comes in most often at Seed (65% of its entries), Variant comes in most often at Seed (48% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them Aleo, doppler.finance and MetaDAO.

317Portfolio companies54
21Funding rounds joined24
0Rounds led7
6Rounds, last 12 months13
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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DCG and Variant, head to head
DCGVariant
Portfolio companies31754
Funding rounds joined2124
Rounds led07
Rounds, last 12 months613
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed65%48%
Series A30%33%
Series B0%19%
Growth5%0%

DCGVariant

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Entry stages of DCG and Variant, share of entries
DCGVariant
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed65%48%
Series A30%33%
Series B0%19%
Growth5%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech49%47%
Crypto & Web313%13%
AI & Machine Learning9%12%
Cybersecurity7%8%
Enterprise Software4%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%0%

DCGVariant

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Themes of DCG and Variant, share of checked companies
DCGVariant
Fintech49%47%
Crypto & Web313%13%
AI & Machine Learning9%12%
Cybersecurity7%8%
Enterprise Software4%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%0%

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/dcg.co/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/variant.fund/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/dcg.co/coinvestors
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