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FPV vs Step Function

FPV lists 38 portfolio companies and has joined 23 funding rounds; Step Function lists 19 companies and has joined 3 rounds. FPV comes in most often at Series A (37% of its entries), Step Function comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Databricks.

38Portfolio companies19
23Funding rounds joined3
7Rounds led0
11Rounds, last 12 months1
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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FPV and Step Function, head to head
FPVStep Function
Portfolio companies3819
Funding rounds joined233
Rounds led70
Rounds, last 12 months111
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed26%67%
Series A37%33%
Series B32%0%
Growth5%0%

FPVStep Function

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Entry stages of FPV and Step Function, share of entries
FPVStep Function
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed26%67%
Series A37%33%
Series B32%0%
Growth5%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning25%35%
Cybersecurity13%29%
Healthcare & Biotech18%0%
Fintech15%0%
Space & Defense0%15%
Enterprise Software7%12%

FPVStep Function

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Themes of FPV and Step Function, share of checked companies
FPVStep Function
AI & Machine Learning25%35%
Cybersecurity13%29%
Healthcare & Biotech18%0%
Fintech15%0%
Space & Defense0%15%
Enterprise Software7%12%

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/fpvventures.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/stepfunction.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/fpvventures.com/coinvestors
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