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Inspired Capital vs Mercato

Inspired Capital lists 78 portfolio companies and has joined 21 funding rounds; Mercato lists 23 companies and has joined 2 rounds. Inspired Capital comes in most often at Series A (58% of its entries), Mercato comes in most often at Series B (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Paytient.

78Portfolio companies23
21Funding rounds joined2
7Rounds led1
13Rounds, last 12 months2
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Inspired Capital and Mercato, head to head
Inspired CapitalMercato
Portfolio companies7823
Funding rounds joined212
Rounds led71
Rounds, last 12 months132
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%
Seed21%0%
Series A58%0%
Series B16%100%
Growth5%0%

Inspired CapitalMercato

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Entry stages of Inspired Capital and Mercato, share of entries
Inspired CapitalMercato
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed21%0%
Series A58%0%
Series B16%100%
Growth5%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%18%
Fintech17%13%
Cybersecurity0%13%
Enterprise Software11%0%
Media & Entertainment5%8%

Inspired CapitalMercato

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Themes of Inspired Capital and Mercato, share of checked companies
Inspired CapitalMercato
AI & Machine Learning23%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%18%
Fintech17%13%
Cybersecurity0%13%
Enterprise Software11%0%
Media & Entertainment5%8%

Companies both back

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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/mercatopartners.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/inspiredcapital.com/coinvestors
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