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Decibel vs ex/ante
Decibel lists 37 portfolio companies and has joined 10 funding rounds; ex/ante lists 22 companies and has joined 5 rounds. Decibel comes in most often at Series A (40% of its entries), ex/ante comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them confident.security.
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| Decibel | ex/ante | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 37 | 22 |
| Funding rounds joined | 10 | 5 |
| Rounds led | 4 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 3 | 3 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageDecibelex/ante
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| Decibel | ex/ante | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 30% | 100% |
| Series A | 40% | 0% |
| Series B | 20% | 0% |
| Growth | 10% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesDecibelex/ante
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| Decibel | ex/ante | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 35% | 24% |
| Cybersecurity | 32% | 29% |
| Enterprise Software | 11% | 5% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 2% |
| Fintech | 3% | 7% |
| Education | 0% | 7% |
Companies both back
1Shared 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
Compare Decibel and ex/ante as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/decibel.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/buildexante.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/decibel.vc/coinvestors