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Designer Fund vs Shopify Ventures

Designer Fund lists 80 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; Shopify Ventures lists 45 companies and has joined 9 rounds. Designer Fund comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries), Shopify Ventures comes in most often at Growth (56% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Physical Intelligence and Stripe.

80Portfolio companies45
12Funding rounds joined9
0Rounds led1
5Rounds, last 12 months4
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$100M or more
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Designer Fund and Shopify Ventures, head to head
Designer FundShopify Ventures
Portfolio companies8045
Funding rounds joined129
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months54
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$100M or more
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed42%0%
Series A50%22%
Series B0%22%
Growth8%56%

Designer FundShopify Ventures

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Entry stages of Designer Fund and Shopify Ventures, share of entries
Designer FundShopify Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed42%0%
Series A50%22%
Series B0%22%
Growth8%56%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning15%25%
Fintech13%24%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%22%
Healthcare & Biotech15%0%
Education11%0%
Space & Defense8%6%

Designer FundShopify Ventures

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Themes of Designer Fund and Shopify Ventures, share of checked companies
Designer FundShopify Ventures
AI & Machine Learning15%25%
Fintech13%24%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%22%
Healthcare & Biotech15%0%
Education11%0%
Space & Defense8%6%

Companies both back

2

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/shopify.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/designerfund.com/coinvestors
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