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Discerning Capital vs Next Coast Ventures

Discerning Capital lists 5 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; Next Coast Ventures lists 67 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Discerning Capital comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries), Next Coast Ventures comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Outlier.

5Portfolio companies67
3Funding rounds joined7
1Rounds led4
2Rounds, last 12 months3
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Discerning Capital and Next Coast Ventures, head to head
Discerning CapitalNext Coast Ventures
Portfolio companies567
Funding rounds joined37
Rounds led14
Rounds, last 12 months23
Typical round it comes in at$100M or more$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%17%
Series A100%50%
Series B0%17%
Growth0%17%

Discerning CapitalNext Coast Ventures

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Entry stages of Discerning Capital and Next Coast Ventures, share of entries
Discerning CapitalNext Coast Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%17%
Series A100%50%
Series B0%17%
Growth0%17%

Themes

share of checked companies
E-commerce & Marketplaces25%8%
Gaming25%0%
Fintech13%18%
AI & Machine Learning0%14%
Healthcare & Biotech0%13%
Enterprise Software13%7%

Discerning CapitalNext Coast Ventures

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Themes of Discerning Capital and Next Coast Ventures, share of checked companies
Discerning CapitalNext Coast Ventures
E-commerce & Marketplaces25%8%
Gaming25%0%
Fintech13%18%
AI & Machine Learning0%14%
Healthcare & Biotech0%13%
Enterprise Software13%7%

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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# also
GET /v1/firms/nextcoastventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/discerningcap.com/coinvestors
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