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HSG vs Reference Capital

HSG lists 102 portfolio companies and has joined 33 funding rounds; Reference Capital lists 13 companies and has joined 0 rounds. HSG comes in most often at Seed (31% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Genesis AI and Monzo.

102Portfolio companies13
33Funding rounds joined0
6Rounds led0
28Rounds, last 12 months0
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in atn/a
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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HSG and Reference Capital, head to head
HSGReference Capital
Portfolio companies10213
Funding rounds joined330
Rounds led60
Rounds, last 12 months280
Typical round it comes in at$100M or moren/a
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed31%0%
Series A13%0%
Series B28%0%
Growth28%0%

HSGReference Capital

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Entry stages of HSG and Reference Capital, share of entries
HSGReference Capital
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed31%0%
Series A13%0%
Series B28%0%
Growth28%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning19%35%
Healthcare & Biotech15%15%
Fintech7%15%
Consumer13%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces11%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%10%

HSGReference Capital

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Themes of HSG and Reference Capital, share of checked companies
HSGReference Capital
AI & Machine Learning19%35%
Healthcare & Biotech15%15%
Fintech7%15%
Consumer13%0%
E-commerce & Marketplaces11%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%10%

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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VCinfo API
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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/hsgcap.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/referencecap.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/hsgcap.com/coinvestors
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