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General Catalyst vs HearstLab

General Catalyst lists 615 portfolio companies and has joined 313 funding rounds; HearstLab lists 64 companies and has joined 5 rounds. General Catalyst comes in most often at Seed (35% of its entries), HearstLab comes in most often at Series A (60% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Highlight and MD Ally.

615Portfolio companies64
313Funding rounds joined5
129Rounds led1
173Rounds, last 12 months3
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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General Catalyst and HearstLab, head to head
General CatalystHearstLab
Portfolio companies61564
Funding rounds joined3135
Rounds led1291
Rounds, last 12 months1733
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-seed1%0%
Seed35%40%
Series A27%60%
Series B14%0%
Growth22%0%

General CatalystHearstLab

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Entry stages of General Catalyst and HearstLab, share of entries
General CatalystHearstLab
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed35%40%
Series A27%60%
Series B14%0%
Growth22%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%19%
Healthcare & Biotech18%14%
Fintech12%10%
Enterprise Software10%12%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%8%
Legal & Compliance0%6%

General CatalystHearstLab

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Themes of General Catalyst and HearstLab, share of checked companies
General CatalystHearstLab
AI & Machine Learning24%19%
Healthcare & Biotech18%14%
Fintech12%10%
Enterprise Software10%12%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%8%
Legal & Compliance0%6%

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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GET /v1/firms/hearstlab.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/generalcatalyst.com/coinvestors
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