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IQ Capital vs Playfair Capital

IQ Capital lists 59 portfolio companies and has joined 24 funding rounds; Playfair Capital lists 63 companies and has joined 12 rounds. IQ Capital comes in most often at Series A (52% of its entries), Playfair Capital comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Those Beyond and Valarian.

59Portfolio companies63
24Funding rounds joined12
9Rounds led7
13Rounds, last 12 months8
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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IQ Capital and Playfair Capital, head to head
IQ CapitalPlayfair Capital
Portfolio companies5963
Funding rounds joined2412
Rounds led97
Rounds, last 12 months138
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%36%
Seed26%46%
Series A52%18%
Series B4%0%
Growth17%0%

IQ CapitalPlayfair Capital

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Entry stages of IQ Capital and Playfair Capital, share of entries
IQ CapitalPlayfair Capital
Pre-seed0%36%
Seed26%46%
Series A52%18%
Series B4%0%
Growth17%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning31%32%
Healthcare & Biotech19%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing12%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces0%9%
Cybersecurity7%5%
Fintech7%7%

IQ CapitalPlayfair Capital

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Themes of IQ Capital and Playfair Capital, share of checked companies
IQ CapitalPlayfair Capital
AI & Machine Learning31%32%
Healthcare & Biotech19%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing12%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces0%9%
Cybersecurity7%5%
Fintech7%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/playfair.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/iqcapital.vc/coinvestors
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