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GD1 vs The Venture Dept.

GD1 lists 40 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; The Venture Dept. lists 27 companies and has joined 4 rounds. GD1 comes in most often at Seed (29% of its entries), The Venture Dept. comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Opacity.

40Portfolio companies27
7Funding rounds joined4
3Rounds led0
6Rounds, last 12 months3
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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GD1 and The Venture Dept., head to head
GD1The Venture Dept.
Portfolio companies4027
Funding rounds joined74
Rounds led30
Rounds, last 12 months63
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed14%0%
Seed29%100%
Series A29%0%
Series B29%0%
Growth0%0%

GD1The Venture Dept.

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Entry stages of GD1 and The Venture Dept., share of entries
GD1The Venture Dept.
Pre-seed14%0%
Seed29%100%
Series A29%0%
Series B29%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech25%66%
AI & Machine Learning31%7%
Crypto & Web30%14%
Healthcare & Biotech7%0%
Cybersecurity7%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%0%

GD1The Venture Dept.

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Themes of GD1 and The Venture Dept., share of checked companies
GD1The Venture Dept.
Fintech25%66%
AI & Machine Learning31%7%
Crypto & Web30%14%
Healthcare & Biotech7%0%
Cybersecurity7%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%0%

Companies both back

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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/gd1.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/theventuredept.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/gd1.vc/coinvestors
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