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Forward Venture Capital vs Specialist VC

Forward Venture Capital lists 48 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Specialist VC lists 51 companies and has joined 11 rounds. Forward Venture Capital comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries), Specialist VC comes in most often at Seed (64% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them FoodDocs.

48Portfolio companies51
5Funding rounds joined11
0Rounds led1
1Rounds, last 12 months3
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Forward Venture Capital and Specialist VC, head to head
Forward Venture CapitalSpecialist VC
Portfolio companies4851
Funding rounds joined511
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months13
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%
Seed25%64%
Series A50%27%
Series B25%9%
Growth0%0%

Forward Venture CapitalSpecialist VC

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Entry stages of Forward Venture Capital and Specialist VC, share of entries
Forward Venture CapitalSpecialist VC
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%64%
Series A50%27%
Series B25%9%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%17%
Fintech13%19%
E-commerce & Marketplaces13%14%
Healthcare & Biotech8%10%
Space & Defense5%10%
Media & Entertainment9%0%

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Themes of Forward Venture Capital and Specialist VC, share of checked companies
Forward Venture CapitalSpecialist VC
AI & Machine Learning22%17%
Fintech13%19%
E-commerce & Marketplaces13%14%
Healthcare & Biotech8%10%
Space & Defense5%10%
Media & Entertainment9%0%

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/forwardvc.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/specialist.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/forwardvc.com/coinvestors
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