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Designer Fund vs Failup Ventures

Designer Fund lists 80 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; Failup Ventures lists 28 companies and has joined 2 rounds. Designer Fund comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries), Failup Ventures comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Capitol AI.

80Portfolio companies28
12Funding rounds joined2
0Rounds led2
5Rounds, last 12 months1
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Designer Fund and Failup Ventures, head to head
Designer FundFailup Ventures
Portfolio companies8028
Funding rounds joined122
Rounds led02
Rounds, last 12 months51
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed42%100%
Series A50%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth8%0%

Designer FundFailup Ventures

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Entry stages of Designer Fund and Failup Ventures, share of entries
Designer FundFailup Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed42%100%
Series A50%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth8%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning15%32%
Fintech13%16%
Healthcare & Biotech15%6%
Education11%0%
Space & Defense8%10%
Enterprise Software8%10%

Designer FundFailup Ventures

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Themes of Designer Fund and Failup Ventures, share of checked companies
Designer FundFailup Ventures
AI & Machine Learning15%32%
Fintech13%16%
Healthcare & Biotech15%6%
Education11%0%
Space & Defense8%10%
Enterprise Software8%10%

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/failup.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/designerfund.com/coinvestors
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