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First Spark Ventures vs Samsung NEXT

First Spark Ventures lists 24 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Samsung NEXT lists 351 companies and has joined 21 rounds. First Spark Ventures comes in most often at Seed (40% of its entries), Samsung NEXT comes in most often at Series A (38% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Inworld, Normal Computing AI and Xona Space Systems.

24Portfolio companies351
5Funding rounds joined21
1Rounds led1
2Rounds, last 12 months12
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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First Spark Ventures and Samsung NEXT, head to head
First Spark VenturesSamsung NEXT
Portfolio companies24351
Funding rounds joined521
Rounds led11
Rounds, last 12 months212
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed40%24%
Series A40%38%
Series B20%24%
Growth0%14%

First Spark VenturesSamsung NEXT

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Entry stages of First Spark Ventures and Samsung NEXT, share of entries
First Spark VenturesSamsung NEXT
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed40%24%
Series A40%38%
Series B20%24%
Growth0%14%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning37%26%
Healthcare & Biotech34%14%
Enterprise Software0%12%
Fintech3%11%
Cybersecurity6%9%
Space & Defense6%0%

First Spark VenturesSamsung NEXT

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Themes of First Spark Ventures and Samsung NEXT, share of checked companies
First Spark VenturesSamsung NEXT
AI & Machine Learning37%26%
Healthcare & Biotech34%14%
Enterprise Software0%12%
Fintech3%11%
Cybersecurity6%9%
Space & Defense6%0%

Companies both back

3

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/samsungnext.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/firstsparkventures.com/coinvestors
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