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First Spark Ventures vs Mercato
First Spark Ventures lists 24 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Mercato lists 23 companies and has joined 2 rounds. First Spark Ventures comes in most often at Seed (40% of its entries), Mercato comes in most often at Series B (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them LatentAI.
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| First Spark Ventures | Mercato | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 24 | 23 |
| Funding rounds joined | 5 | 2 |
| Rounds led | 1 | 1 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 2 | 2 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $20M to $100M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageFirst Spark VenturesMercato
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| First Spark Ventures | Mercato | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 40% | 0% |
| Series A | 40% | 0% |
| Series B | 20% | 100% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesFirst Spark VenturesMercato
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| First Spark Ventures | Mercato | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 37% | 13% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 34% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 13% |
| Fintech | 3% | 13% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 3% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 3% | 8% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare First Spark Ventures and Mercato as data
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/firstsparkventures.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/mercatopartners.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/firstsparkventures.com/coinvestors