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Difference Partners vs Kickstart

Difference Partners lists 32 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Kickstart lists 113 companies and has joined 0 rounds. Difference Partners comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Clay.

32Portfolio companies113
4Funding rounds joined0
0Rounds led0
2Rounds, last 12 months0
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atn/a
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Difference Partners and Kickstart, head to head
Difference PartnersKickstart
Portfolio companies32113
Funding rounds joined40
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months20
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20Mn/a
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%0%
Series A50%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Difference PartnersKickstart

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Entry stages of Difference Partners and Kickstart, share of entries
Difference PartnersKickstart
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%0%
Series A50%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech44%12%
Education23%7%
AI & Machine Learning10%20%
Enterprise Software4%13%
Fintech6%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces2%10%

Difference PartnersKickstart

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Themes of Difference Partners and Kickstart, share of checked companies
Difference PartnersKickstart
Healthcare & Biotech44%12%
Education23%7%
AI & Machine Learning10%20%
Enterprise Software4%13%
Fintech6%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces2%10%

Companies both back

1

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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