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ex/ante vs Motivate Venture Capital

ex/ante lists 22 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Motivate Venture Capital lists 60 companies and has joined 7 rounds. ex/ante comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Motivate Venture Capital comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Cyphlens.

22Portfolio companies60
5Funding rounds joined7
0Rounds led1
3Rounds, last 12 months4
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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ex/ante and Motivate Venture Capital, head to head
ex/anteMotivate Venture Capital
Portfolio companies2260
Funding rounds joined57
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months34
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%71%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%14%
Growth0%0%

ex/anteMotivate Venture Capital

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Entry stages of ex/ante and Motivate Venture Capital, share of entries
ex/anteMotivate Venture Capital
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%71%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%14%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech7%31%
Cybersecurity29%0%
AI & Machine Learning24%14%
Healthcare & Biotech2%10%
Education7%3%
Media & Entertainment7%0%

ex/anteMotivate Venture Capital

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Themes of ex/ante and Motivate Venture Capital, share of checked companies
ex/anteMotivate Venture Capital
Fintech7%31%
Cybersecurity29%0%
AI & Machine Learning24%14%
Healthcare & Biotech2%10%
Education7%3%
Media & Entertainment7%0%

Companies both back

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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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