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Investors / Idealab / Compare with SWC Global

Idealab vs SWC Global

Idealab lists 69 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; SWC Global lists 22 companies and has joined 1 round. SWC Global comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Goto.

69Portfolio companies22
0Funding rounds joined1
0Rounds led0
0Rounds, last 12 months1
n/aTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Idealab and SWC Global, head to head
IdealabSWC Global
Portfolio companies6922
Funding rounds joined01
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months01
Typical round it comes in atn/a$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

IdealabSWC Global

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Entry stages of Idealab and SWC Global, share of entries
IdealabSWC Global
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
E-commerce & Marketplaces13%21%
Fintech12%21%
Enterprise Software14%11%
AI & Machine Learning9%13%
Education9%11%
Healthcare & Biotech9%0%

IdealabSWC Global

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Themes of Idealab and SWC Global, share of checked companies
IdealabSWC Global
E-commerce & Marketplaces13%21%
Fintech12%21%
Enterprise Software14%11%
AI & Machine Learning9%13%
Education9%11%
Healthcare & Biotech9%0%

Companies both back

1

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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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/idealab.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/swcglobal.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/idealab.com/coinvestors
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