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General Catalyst vs Positive Sum

General Catalyst lists 615 portfolio companies and has joined 313 funding rounds; Positive Sum lists 29 companies and has joined 11 rounds. General Catalyst comes in most often at Seed (35% of its entries), Positive Sum comes in most often at Growth (56% of its entries). 5 companies are on both portfolios, among them Cognition, Eight Sleep and Modal.

615Portfolio companies29
313Funding rounds joined11
129Rounds led1
173Rounds, last 12 months8
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$100M or more
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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General Catalyst and Positive Sum, head to head
General CatalystPositive Sum
Portfolio companies61529
Funding rounds joined31311
Rounds led1291
Rounds, last 12 months1738
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$100M or more
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed35%11%
Series A27%0%
Series B14%33%
Growth22%56%

General CatalystPositive Sum

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Entry stages of General Catalyst and Positive Sum, share of entries
General CatalystPositive Sum
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed35%11%
Series A27%0%
Series B14%33%
Growth22%56%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%24%
Fintech12%22%
Healthcare & Biotech18%9%
Enterprise Software10%7%
Education4%7%
Cybersecurity6%0%

General CatalystPositive Sum

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Themes of General Catalyst and Positive Sum, share of checked companies
General CatalystPositive Sum
AI & Machine Learning24%24%
Fintech12%22%
Healthcare & Biotech18%9%
Enterprise Software10%7%
Education4%7%
Cybersecurity6%0%

Companies both back

5

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/generalcatalyst.com/portfolio

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