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DCVC vs ex/ante

DCVC lists 234 portfolio companies and has joined 48 funding rounds; ex/ante lists 22 companies and has joined 5 rounds. DCVC comes in most often at Series A (35% of its entries), ex/ante comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Reality Defender.

234Portfolio companies22
48Funding rounds joined5
15Rounds led0
29Rounds, last 12 months3
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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DCVC and ex/ante, head to head
DCVCex/ante
Portfolio companies23422
Funding rounds joined485
Rounds led150
Rounds, last 12 months293
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed28%100%
Series A35%0%
Series B13%0%
Growth24%0%

DCVCex/ante

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Entry stages of DCVC and ex/ante, share of entries
DCVCex/ante
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed28%100%
Series A35%0%
Series B13%0%
Growth24%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Cybersecurity7%29%
AI & Machine Learning29%24%
Healthcare & Biotech19%2%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%0%
Fintech7%7%
Education5%7%

DCVCex/ante

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Themes of DCVC and ex/ante, share of checked companies
DCVCex/ante
Cybersecurity7%29%
AI & Machine Learning29%24%
Healthcare & Biotech19%2%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%0%
Fintech7%7%
Education5%7%

Companies both back

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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/buildexante.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/dcvc.com/coinvestors
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