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Leap Forward Ventures vs Necessary Ventures

Leap Forward Ventures lists 28 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Necessary Ventures lists 41 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Leap Forward Ventures comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Necessary Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them channingcopper.com, Circularity Fuels and Copper.

28Portfolio companies41
4Funding rounds joined7
0Rounds led1
3Rounds, last 12 months4
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Leap Forward Ventures and Necessary Ventures, head to head
Leap Forward VenturesNecessary Ventures
Portfolio companies2841
Funding rounds joined47
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months34
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%
Seed50%57%
Series A50%14%
Series B0%14%
Growth0%14%

Leap Forward VenturesNecessary Ventures

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Entry stages of Leap Forward Ventures and Necessary Ventures, share of entries
Leap Forward VenturesNecessary Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%57%
Series A50%14%
Series B0%14%
Growth0%14%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech0%37%
Education23%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing21%11%
Fintech8%13%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%6%
AI & Machine Learning8%9%

Leap Forward VenturesNecessary Ventures

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Themes of Leap Forward Ventures and Necessary Ventures, share of checked companies
Leap Forward VenturesNecessary Ventures
Healthcare & Biotech0%37%
Education23%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing21%11%
Fintech8%13%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%6%
AI & Machine Learning8%9%

Companies both back

3

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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