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Founder Collective vs Playground Global

Founder Collective lists 185 portfolio companies and has joined 11 funding rounds; Playground Global lists 52 companies and has joined 22 rounds. Founder Collective comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries), Playground Global comes in most often at Seed (41% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Anjuna and De-Ice.

185Portfolio companies52
11Funding rounds joined22
1Rounds led17
7Rounds, last 12 months12
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Founder Collective and Playground Global, head to head
Founder CollectivePlayground Global
Portfolio companies18552
Funding rounds joined1122
Rounds led117
Rounds, last 12 months712
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed60%41%
Series A30%27%
Series B10%18%
Growth0%14%

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Entry stages of Founder Collective and Playground Global, share of entries
Founder CollectivePlayground Global
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed60%41%
Series A30%27%
Series B10%18%
Growth0%14%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%36%
Healthcare & Biotech10%22%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%13%
Fintech10%0%
Enterprise Software10%2%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%4%

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Themes of Founder Collective and Playground Global, share of checked companies
Founder CollectivePlayground Global
AI & Machine Learning23%36%
Healthcare & Biotech10%22%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%13%
Fintech10%0%
Enterprise Software10%2%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%4%

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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/foundercollective.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/playground.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/foundercollective.com/coinvestors
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