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Expa vs Gradient

Expa lists 80 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Gradient lists 43 companies and has joined 48 rounds. Expa comes in most often at Seed (80% of its entries), Gradient comes in most often at Seed (54% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Collective and range.com.

80Portfolio companies43
5Funding rounds joined48
2Rounds led11
4Rounds, last 12 months35
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Expa and Gradient, head to head
ExpaGradient
Portfolio companies8043
Funding rounds joined548
Rounds led211
Rounds, last 12 months435
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%5%
Seed80%54%
Series A20%26%
Series B0%12%
Growth0%5%

ExpaGradient

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Entry stages of Expa and Gradient, share of entries
ExpaGradient
Pre-seed0%5%
Seed80%54%
Series A20%26%
Series B0%12%
Growth0%5%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning12%33%
Fintech21%18%
Enterprise Software10%11%
Healthcare & Biotech7%11%
Cybersecurity5%8%
Space & Defense6%0%

ExpaGradient

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Themes of Expa and Gradient, share of checked companies
ExpaGradient
AI & Machine Learning12%33%
Fintech21%18%
Enterprise Software10%11%
Healthcare & Biotech7%11%
Cybersecurity5%8%
Space & Defense6%0%

Companies both back

2

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/gradient.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/expa.com/coinvestors
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