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Merlin Ventures vs Norwest

Merlin Ventures lists 7 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Norwest lists 80 companies and has joined 57 rounds. Merlin Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries), Norwest comes in most often at Series A (34% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them above.security and fabrix.security.

7Portfolio companies80
8Funding rounds joined57
3Rounds led30
7Rounds, last 12 months32
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Merlin Ventures and Norwest, head to head
Merlin VenturesNorwest
Portfolio companies780
Funding rounds joined857
Rounds led330
Rounds, last 12 months732
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed57%9%
Series A29%34%
Series B0%28%
Growth14%28%

Merlin VenturesNorwest

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Entry stages of Merlin Ventures and Norwest, share of entries
Merlin VenturesNorwest
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed57%9%
Series A29%34%
Series B0%28%
Growth14%28%

Themes

share of checked companies
Cybersecurity58%13%
AI & Machine Learning42%29%
Healthcare & Biotech0%17%
Fintech0%10%
Enterprise Software0%10%
Robotics & Hardware0%3%

Merlin VenturesNorwest

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Themes of Merlin Ventures and Norwest, share of checked companies
Merlin VenturesNorwest
Cybersecurity58%13%
AI & Machine Learning42%29%
Healthcare & Biotech0%17%
Fintech0%10%
Enterprise Software0%10%
Robotics & Hardware0%3%

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/norwest.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/merlin.vc/coinvestors
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