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Initialized vs Sozo Ventures

Initialized lists 181 portfolio companies and has joined 28 funding rounds; Sozo Ventures lists 53 companies and has joined 9 rounds. Initialized comes in most often at Seed (44% of its entries), Sozo Ventures comes in most often at Series B (56% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them Coinbase, Eclipse Foods and Flexport.

181Portfolio companies53
28Funding rounds joined9
8Rounds led0
13Rounds, last 12 months6
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Initialized and Sozo Ventures, head to head
InitializedSozo Ventures
Portfolio companies18153
Funding rounds joined289
Rounds led80
Rounds, last 12 months136
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%
Seed44%11%
Series A37%11%
Series B19%56%
Growth0%22%

InitializedSozo Ventures

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Entry stages of Initialized and Sozo Ventures, share of entries
InitializedSozo Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed44%11%
Series A37%11%
Series B19%56%
Growth0%22%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%28%
Healthcare & Biotech13%10%
Fintech13%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing4%11%
Enterprise Software8%8%
Cybersecurity5%8%

InitializedSozo Ventures

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Themes of Initialized and Sozo Ventures, share of checked companies
InitializedSozo Ventures
AI & Machine Learning23%28%
Healthcare & Biotech13%10%
Fintech13%10%
Industrial & Manufacturing4%11%
Enterprise Software8%8%
Cybersecurity5%8%

Companies both back

4

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/initialized.com/coinvestors
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