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FORWARD.one vs PhotonVentures

FORWARD.one lists 26 portfolio companies and has joined 16 funding rounds; PhotonVentures lists 21 companies and has joined 5 rounds. FORWARD.one comes in most often at Series A (57% of its entries), PhotonVentures comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them LioniX International and Quix Quantum.

26Portfolio companies21
16Funding rounds joined5
7Rounds led1
12Rounds, last 12 months4
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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FORWARD.one and PhotonVentures, head to head
FORWARD.onePhotonVentures
Portfolio companies2621
Funding rounds joined165
Rounds led71
Rounds, last 12 months124
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%
Seed29%50%
Series A57%50%
Series B7%0%
Growth7%0%

FORWARD.onePhotonVentures

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Entry stages of FORWARD.one and PhotonVentures, share of entries
FORWARD.onePhotonVentures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%50%
Series A57%50%
Series B7%0%
Growth7%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Industrial & Manufacturing36%24%
AI & Machine Learning19%29%
Cybersecurity2%18%
Healthcare & Biotech13%12%
Space & Defense6%3%
Robotics & Hardware6%6%

FORWARD.onePhotonVentures

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Themes of FORWARD.one and PhotonVentures, share of checked companies
FORWARD.onePhotonVentures
Industrial & Manufacturing36%24%
AI & Machine Learning19%29%
Cybersecurity2%18%
Healthcare & Biotech13%12%
Space & Defense6%3%
Robotics & Hardware6%6%

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/forward.one/coinvestors
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