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Designer Fund vs Kindred Ventures

Designer Fund lists 80 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; Kindred Ventures lists 112 companies and has joined 31 rounds. Designer Fund comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries), Kindred Ventures comes in most often at Seed (54% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Dupe, Fearn and Heartbeat.

80Portfolio companies112
12Funding rounds joined31
0Rounds led11
5Rounds, last 12 months17
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Designer Fund and Kindred Ventures, head to head
Designer FundKindred Ventures
Portfolio companies80112
Funding rounds joined1231
Rounds led011
Rounds, last 12 months517
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%
Seed42%54%
Series A50%31%
Series B0%8%
Growth8%8%

Designer FundKindred Ventures

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Entry stages of Designer Fund and Kindred Ventures, share of entries
Designer FundKindred Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed42%54%
Series A50%31%
Series B0%8%
Growth8%8%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning15%23%
Healthcare & Biotech15%10%
Fintech13%15%
Education11%0%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Space & Defense8%3%

Designer FundKindred Ventures

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Themes of Designer Fund and Kindred Ventures, share of checked companies
Designer FundKindred Ventures
AI & Machine Learning15%23%
Healthcare & Biotech15%10%
Fintech13%15%
Education11%0%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Space & Defense8%3%

Companies both back

3

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