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Guinness Ventures vs Start Ventures

Guinness Ventures lists 29 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Start Ventures lists 20 companies and has joined 5 rounds. Guinness Ventures comes in most often at Series A (86% of its entries), Start Ventures comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Anansi.

29Portfolio companies20
8Funding rounds joined5
4Rounds led1
6Rounds, last 12 months4
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Guinness Ventures and Start Ventures, head to head
Guinness VenturesStart Ventures
Portfolio companies2920
Funding rounds joined85
Rounds led41
Rounds, last 12 months64
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-seed0%0%
Seed0%60%
Series A86%40%
Series B14%0%
Growth0%0%

Guinness VenturesStart Ventures

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Entry stages of Guinness Ventures and Start Ventures, share of entries
Guinness VenturesStart Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%60%
Series A86%40%
Series B14%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech10%50%
Healthcare & Biotech31%12%
AI & Machine Learning12%15%
Education12%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces10%3%
Mobility & Logistics0%6%

Guinness VenturesStart Ventures

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Themes of Guinness Ventures and Start Ventures, share of checked companies
Guinness VenturesStart Ventures
Fintech10%50%
Healthcare & Biotech31%12%
AI & Machine Learning12%15%
Education12%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces10%3%
Mobility & Logistics0%6%

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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