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Initialized vs Venrex

Initialized lists 181 portfolio companies and has joined 28 funding rounds; Venrex lists 163 companies and has joined 8 rounds. Initialized comes in most often at Seed (44% of its entries), Venrex comes in most often at Series A (57% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Rippling and Runway.

181Portfolio companies163
28Funding rounds joined8
8Rounds led4
13Rounds, last 12 months4
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Initialized and Venrex, head to head
InitializedVenrex
Portfolio companies181163
Funding rounds joined288
Rounds led84
Rounds, last 12 months134
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%43%
Series A37%57%
Series B19%0%
Growth0%0%

InitializedVenrex

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Entry stages of Initialized and Venrex, share of entries
InitializedVenrex
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed44%43%
Series A37%57%
Series B19%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%10%
Consumer0%14%
Healthcare & Biotech13%13%
Fintech13%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%11%
Enterprise Software8%7%

InitializedVenrex

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Themes of Initialized and Venrex, share of checked companies
InitializedVenrex
AI & Machine Learning23%10%
Consumer0%14%
Healthcare & Biotech13%13%
Fintech13%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%11%
Enterprise Software8%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/venrex.partners/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/initialized.com/coinvestors
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