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Designer Fund vs General Catalyst

Designer Fund lists 80 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; General Catalyst lists 615 companies and has joined 313 rounds. Designer Fund comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries), General Catalyst comes in most often at Seed (35% of its entries). 8 companies are on both portfolios, among them AtoB, August Health and Commure.

80Portfolio companies615
12Funding rounds joined313
0Rounds led129
5Rounds, last 12 months173
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Designer Fund and General Catalyst, head to head
Designer FundGeneral Catalyst
Portfolio companies80615
Funding rounds joined12313
Rounds led0129
Rounds, last 12 months5173
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%1%
Seed42%35%
Series A50%27%
Series B0%14%
Growth8%22%

Designer FundGeneral Catalyst

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Entry stages of Designer Fund and General Catalyst, share of entries
Designer FundGeneral Catalyst
Pre-seed0%1%
Seed42%35%
Series A50%27%
Series B0%14%
Growth8%22%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning15%24%
Healthcare & Biotech15%18%
Fintech13%12%
Education11%4%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Space & Defense8%3%

Designer FundGeneral Catalyst

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Themes of Designer Fund and General Catalyst, share of checked companies
Designer FundGeneral Catalyst
AI & Machine Learning15%24%
Healthcare & Biotech15%18%
Fintech13%12%
Education11%4%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Space & Defense8%3%

Companies both back

8

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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