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DRIVE Catalyst vs Illuminate Financial

DRIVE Catalyst lists 20 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Illuminate Financial lists 52 companies and has joined 15 rounds. Illuminate Financial comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Reality Defender.

20Portfolio companies52
0Funding rounds joined15
0Rounds led4
0Rounds, last 12 months10
n/aTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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DRIVE Catalyst and Illuminate Financial, head to head
DRIVE CatalystIlluminate Financial
Portfolio companies2052
Funding rounds joined015
Rounds led04
Rounds, last 12 months010
Typical round it comes in atn/a$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%0%
Series A0%54%
Series B0%39%
Growth0%8%

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Entry stages of DRIVE Catalyst and Illuminate Financial, share of entries
DRIVE CatalystIlluminate Financial
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%0%
Series A0%54%
Series B0%39%
Growth0%8%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech8%47%
AI & Machine Learning31%18%
Industrial & Manufacturing22%0%
Real Estate & Construction8%0%
Education8%0%
Crypto & Web30%7%

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Themes of DRIVE Catalyst and Illuminate Financial, share of checked companies
DRIVE CatalystIlluminate Financial
Fintech8%47%
AI & Machine Learning31%18%
Industrial & Manufacturing22%0%
Real Estate & Construction8%0%
Education8%0%
Crypto & Web30%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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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/drivecatalyst.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/illuminatefinancial.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/drivecatalyst.com/coinvestors
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