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Investors / Initialized / Compare with Stage 2 Capital

Initialized vs Stage 2 Capital

Initialized lists 181 portfolio companies and has joined 28 funding rounds; Stage 2 Capital lists 103 companies and has joined 14 rounds. Initialized comes in most often at Seed (44% of its entries), Stage 2 Capital comes in most often at Series A (36% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them reibus and Terminal 49.

181Portfolio companies103
28Funding rounds joined14
8Rounds led2
13Rounds, last 12 months8
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Initialized and Stage 2 Capital, head to head
InitializedStage 2 Capital
Portfolio companies181103
Funding rounds joined2814
Rounds led82
Rounds, last 12 months138
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed44%27%
Series A37%36%
Series B19%27%
Growth0%9%

InitializedStage 2 Capital

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Entry stages of Initialized and Stage 2 Capital, share of entries
InitializedStage 2 Capital
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed44%27%
Series A37%36%
Series B19%27%
Growth0%9%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Enterprise Software8%17%
Healthcare & Biotech13%6%
Fintech13%13%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%7%
Space & Defense5%7%

InitializedStage 2 Capital

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Themes of Initialized and Stage 2 Capital, share of checked companies
InitializedStage 2 Capital
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Enterprise Software8%17%
Healthcare & Biotech13%6%
Fintech13%13%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%7%
Space & Defense5%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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GET /v1/firms/stage2.capital/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/initialized.com/coinvestors
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