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Founder Collective vs Founders First

Founder Collective lists 185 portfolio companies and has joined 11 funding rounds; Founders First lists 49 companies and has joined 0 rounds. Founder Collective comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them B12, CoachUp and Hawthorne.

185Portfolio companies49
11Funding rounds joined0
1Rounds led0
7Rounds, last 12 months0
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atn/a
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Founder Collective and Founders First, head to head
Founder CollectiveFounders First
Portfolio companies18549
Funding rounds joined110
Rounds led10
Rounds, last 12 months70
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20Mn/a
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed60%0%
Series A30%0%
Series B10%0%
Growth0%0%

Founder CollectiveFounders First

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Entry stages of Founder Collective and Founders First, share of entries
Founder CollectiveFounders First
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed60%0%
Series A30%0%
Series B10%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%7%
Fintech10%16%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%14%
Healthcare & Biotech10%12%
Enterprise Software10%12%
Consumer4%11%

Founder CollectiveFounders First

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Themes of Founder Collective and Founders First, share of checked companies
Founder CollectiveFounders First
AI & Machine Learning23%7%
Fintech10%16%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%14%
Healthcare & Biotech10%12%
Enterprise Software10%12%
Consumer4%11%

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/foundersfirst.fund/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/foundercollective.com/coinvestors
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