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General Catalyst vs Top Down Ventures

General Catalyst lists 615 portfolio companies and has joined 313 funding rounds; Top Down Ventures lists 27 companies and has joined 3 rounds. General Catalyst comes in most often at Seed (35% of its entries), Top Down Ventures comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Slide.

615Portfolio companies27
313Funding rounds joined3
129Rounds led2
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 Top Down Ventures, head to head
General CatalystTop Down Ventures
Portfolio companies61527
Funding rounds joined3133
Rounds led1292
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%67%
Series A27%0%
Series B14%33%
Growth22%0%

General CatalystTop Down Ventures

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Entry stages of General Catalyst and Top Down Ventures, share of entries
General CatalystTop Down Ventures
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed35%67%
Series A27%0%
Series B14%33%
Growth22%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Cybersecurity6%36%
AI & Machine Learning24%16%
Healthcare & Biotech18%4%
Fintech12%12%
Space & Defense3%12%
Enterprise Software10%4%

General CatalystTop Down Ventures

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Themes of General Catalyst and Top Down Ventures, share of checked companies
General CatalystTop Down Ventures
Cybersecurity6%36%
AI & Machine Learning24%16%
Healthcare & Biotech18%4%
Fintech12%12%
Space & Defense3%12%
Enterprise Software10%4%

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