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Makers Fund vs Play Ventures

Makers Fund lists 71 portfolio companies and has joined 15 funding rounds; Play Ventures lists 80 companies and has joined 16 rounds. Makers Fund comes in most often at Seed (64% of its entries), Play Ventures comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries). 7 companies are on both portfolios, among them Ancient8, Cheer Games and Gamefam.

71Portfolio companies80
15Funding rounds joined16
7Rounds led3
7Rounds, last 12 months9
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Makers Fund and Play Ventures, head to head
Makers FundPlay Ventures
Portfolio companies7180
Funding rounds joined1516
Rounds led73
Rounds, last 12 months79
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-seed0%0%
Seed64%60%
Series A14%20%
Series B14%7%
Growth7%13%

Makers FundPlay Ventures

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Entry stages of Makers Fund and Play Ventures, share of entries
Makers FundPlay Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed64%60%
Series A14%20%
Series B14%7%
Growth7%13%

Themes

share of checked companies
Gaming35%38%
Enterprise Software34%22%
Media & Entertainment10%9%
AI & Machine Learning6%10%
Fintech2%10%
Consumer3%0%

Makers FundPlay Ventures

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Themes of Makers Fund and Play Ventures, share of checked companies
Makers FundPlay Ventures
Gaming35%38%
Enterprise Software34%22%
Media & Entertainment10%9%
AI & Machine Learning6%10%
Fintech2%10%
Consumer3%0%

Companies both back

7

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/makersfund.com/coinvestors
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