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Main Sequence vs Startmate

Main Sequence lists 64 portfolio companies and has joined 20 funding rounds; Startmate lists 189 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Main Sequence comes in most often at Series A (39% of its entries), Startmate comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 6 companies are on both portfolios, among them Andromeda, andromedarobotics.ai and Arlula.

64Portfolio companies189
20Funding rounds joined7
7Rounds led2
13Rounds, last 12 months3
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Main Sequence and Startmate, head to head
Main SequenceStartmate
Portfolio companies64189
Funding rounds joined207
Rounds led72
Rounds, last 12 months133
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed6%0%
Seed22%57%
Series A39%29%
Series B11%0%
Growth22%14%

Main SequenceStartmate

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Entry stages of Main Sequence and Startmate, share of entries
Main SequenceStartmate
Pre-seed6%0%
Seed22%57%
Series A39%29%
Series B11%0%
Growth22%14%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning32%21%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%11%
Healthcare & Biotech11%14%
Education7%11%
Robotics & Hardware6%0%
Space & Defense6%0%

Main SequenceStartmate

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Themes of Main Sequence and Startmate, share of checked companies
Main SequenceStartmate
AI & Machine Learning32%21%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%11%
Healthcare & Biotech11%14%
Education7%11%
Robotics & Hardware6%0%
Space & Defense6%0%

Companies both back

6

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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