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Headline vs Illuminate Financial

Headline lists 76 portfolio companies and has joined 41 funding rounds; Illuminate Financial lists 52 companies and has joined 15 rounds. Headline comes in most often at Series A (37% of its entries), Illuminate Financial comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Fundamental and notch.cx.

76Portfolio companies52
41Funding rounds joined15
21Rounds led4
32Rounds, last 12 months10
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Headline and Illuminate Financial, head to head
HeadlineIlluminate Financial
Portfolio companies7652
Funding rounds joined4115
Rounds led214
Rounds, last 12 months3210
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%0%
Series A37%54%
Series B18%39%
Growth16%8%

HeadlineIlluminate Financial

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Entry stages of Headline and Illuminate Financial, share of entries
HeadlineIlluminate Financial
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed29%0%
Series A37%54%
Series B18%39%
Growth16%8%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech19%47%
AI & Machine Learning20%18%
Enterprise Software11%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%3%
Healthcare & Biotech8%0%
Crypto & Web30%7%

HeadlineIlluminate Financial

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Themes of Headline and Illuminate Financial, share of checked companies
HeadlineIlluminate Financial
Fintech19%47%
AI & Machine Learning20%18%
Enterprise Software11%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%3%
Healthcare & Biotech8%0%
Crypto & Web30%7%

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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# also
GET /v1/firms/illuminatefinancial.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/headline.com/coinvestors
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