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Draper B1 vs Forward Factory
Draper B1 lists 72 portfolio companies and has joined 11 funding rounds; Forward Factory lists 18 companies and has joined 1 round. Draper B1 comes in most often at Seed (73% of its entries), Forward Factory comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them YK-Robotics.
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| Draper B1 | Forward Factory | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 72 | 18 |
| Funding rounds joined | 11 | 1 |
| Rounds led | 6 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 8 | 1 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $1M to $5M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageDraper B1Forward Factory
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| Draper B1 | Forward Factory | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 9% | 0% |
| Seed | 73% | 100% |
| Series A | 18% | 0% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesDraper B1Forward Factory
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| Draper B1 | Forward Factory | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 0% | 50% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 12% |
| Fintech | 12% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 8% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 4% |
Companies both back
1Shared 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
Compare Draper B1 and Forward Factory as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
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- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/draperb1.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/forwardfactory.io/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/draperb1.vc/coinvestors