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Global Brain vs imec.xpand

Global Brain lists 428 portfolio companies and has joined 35 funding rounds; imec.xpand lists 30 companies and has joined 11 rounds. Global Brain comes in most often at Series A (41% of its entries), imec.xpand comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Mojo Vision and Zafrens.

428Portfolio companies30
35Funding rounds joined11
11Rounds led3
29Rounds, last 12 months6
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Global Brain and imec.xpand, head to head
Global Brainimec.xpand
Portfolio companies42830
Funding rounds joined3511
Rounds led113
Rounds, last 12 months296
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed13%30%
Series A41%50%
Series B25%10%
Growth22%10%

Global Brainimec.xpand

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Entry stages of Global Brain and imec.xpand, share of entries
Global Brainimec.xpand
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed13%30%
Series A41%50%
Series B25%10%
Growth22%10%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning16%29%
Healthcare & Biotech10%21%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%15%
Enterprise Software12%0%
Fintech7%0%
Consumer0%6%

Global Brainimec.xpand

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Themes of Global Brain and imec.xpand, share of checked companies
Global Brainimec.xpand
AI & Machine Learning16%29%
Healthcare & Biotech10%21%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%15%
Enterprise Software12%0%
Fintech7%0%
Consumer0%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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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/globalbrains.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/imecxpand.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/globalbrains.com/coinvestors
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