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Fireball Capital vs Start Ventures

Fireball Capital lists 46 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; Start Ventures lists 20 companies and has joined 5 rounds. Fireball Capital comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries), Start Ventures comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Kirontech.

46Portfolio companies20
3Funding rounds joined5
0Rounds led1
1Rounds, last 12 months4
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Fireball Capital and Start Ventures, head to head
Fireball CapitalStart Ventures
Portfolio companies4620
Funding rounds joined35
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months14
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%60%
Series A100%40%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Fireball CapitalStart Ventures

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Entry stages of Fireball Capital and Start Ventures, share of entries
Fireball CapitalStart Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%60%
Series A100%40%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech24%50%
AI & Machine Learning15%15%
E-commerce & Marketplaces14%3%
Healthcare & Biotech11%12%
Cybersecurity7%3%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%3%

Fireball CapitalStart Ventures

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Themes of Fireball Capital and Start Ventures, share of checked companies
Fireball CapitalStart Ventures
Fintech24%50%
AI & Machine Learning15%15%
E-commerce & Marketplaces14%3%
Healthcare & Biotech11%12%
Cybersecurity7%3%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%3%

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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/fireballcapital.co.za/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/startventures.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/fireballcapital.co.za/coinvestors
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