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Drive Capital vs Mercato

Drive Capital lists 78 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; Mercato lists 23 companies and has joined 2 rounds. Drive Capital comes in most often at Series B (33% of its entries), Mercato comes in most often at Series B (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Beam Benefits.

78Portfolio companies23
12Funding rounds joined2
5Rounds led1
10Rounds, last 12 months2
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Drive Capital and Mercato, head to head
Drive CapitalMercato
Portfolio companies7823
Funding rounds joined122
Rounds led51
Rounds, last 12 months102
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed8%0%
Seed17%0%
Series A17%0%
Series B33%100%
Growth25%0%

Drive CapitalMercato

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Entry stages of Drive Capital and Mercato, share of entries
Drive CapitalMercato
Pre-seed8%0%
Seed17%0%
Series A17%0%
Series B33%100%
Growth25%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%13%
Healthcare & Biotech20%18%
Fintech10%13%
Cybersecurity4%13%
Enterprise Software10%0%
Education9%5%

Drive CapitalMercato

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Themes of Drive Capital and Mercato, share of checked companies
Drive CapitalMercato
AI & Machine Learning22%13%
Healthcare & Biotech20%18%
Fintech10%13%
Cybersecurity4%13%
Enterprise Software10%0%
Education9%5%

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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GET /v1/firms/mercatopartners.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/drivecapital.com/coinvestors
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