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MaRS IAF vs Permit Ventures

MaRS IAF lists 106 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; Permit Ventures lists 26 companies and has joined 0 rounds. MaRS IAF comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them RANOVUS.

106Portfolio companies26
7Funding rounds joined0
1Rounds led0
5Rounds, last 12 months0
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in atn/a
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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MaRS IAF and Permit Ventures, head to head
MaRS IAFPermit Ventures
Portfolio companies10626
Funding rounds joined70
Rounds led10
Rounds, last 12 months50
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5Mn/a
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%0%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

MaRS IAFPermit Ventures

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Entry stages of MaRS IAF and Permit Ventures, share of entries
MaRS IAFPermit Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%0%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech8%21%
Healthcare & Biotech19%8%
AI & Machine Learning17%13%
Industrial & Manufacturing12%0%
Media & Entertainment4%10%
Gaming0%10%

MaRS IAFPermit Ventures

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Themes of MaRS IAF and Permit Ventures, share of checked companies
MaRS IAFPermit Ventures
Fintech8%21%
Healthcare & Biotech19%8%
AI & Machine Learning17%13%
Industrial & Manufacturing12%0%
Media & Entertainment4%10%
Gaming0%10%

Companies both back

1

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/permitventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/marsiaf.com/coinvestors
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