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Inflection vs Placeholder

Inflection lists 23 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Placeholder lists 4 companies and has joined 5 rounds. Inflection comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries), Placeholder comes in most often at Seed (40% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them arxresearch.com.

23Portfolio companies4
5Funding rounds joined5
1Rounds led1
3Rounds, last 12 months1
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Inflection and Placeholder, head to head
InflectionPlaceholder
Portfolio companies234
Funding rounds joined55
Rounds led11
Rounds, last 12 months31
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed40%0%
Seed60%40%
Series A0%40%
Series B0%20%
Growth0%0%

InflectionPlaceholder

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Entry stages of Inflection and Placeholder, share of entries
InflectionPlaceholder
Pre-seed40%0%
Seed60%40%
Series A0%40%
Series B0%20%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech14%67%
AI & Machine Learning30%0%
Cybersecurity19%17%
Healthcare & Biotech5%17%
Space & Defense11%0%
Crypto & Web38%0%

InflectionPlaceholder

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Themes of Inflection and Placeholder, share of checked companies
InflectionPlaceholder
Fintech14%67%
AI & Machine Learning30%0%
Cybersecurity19%17%
Healthcare & Biotech5%17%
Space & Defense11%0%
Crypto & Web38%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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GET /v1/firms/placeholder.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/inflection.fund/coinvestors
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