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Next Play Ventures vs Spark Capital

Next Play Ventures lists 65 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; Spark Capital lists 92 companies and has joined 78 rounds. Next Play Ventures comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Spark Capital comes in most often at Growth (36% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Scale AI and Slack.

65Portfolio companies92
7Funding rounds joined78
0Rounds led27
2Rounds, last 12 months46
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Next Play Ventures and Spark Capital, head to head
Next Play VenturesSpark Capital
Portfolio companies6592
Funding rounds joined778
Rounds led027
Rounds, last 12 months246
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%2%
Seed50%12%
Series A50%34%
Series B0%16%
Growth0%36%

Next Play VenturesSpark Capital

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Entry stages of Next Play Ventures and Spark Capital, share of entries
Next Play VenturesSpark Capital
Pre-seed0%2%
Seed50%12%
Series A50%34%
Series B0%16%
Growth0%36%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning17%35%
Education16%0%
Healthcare & Biotech14%8%
Enterprise Software13%8%
Fintech8%13%
Cybersecurity6%9%

Next Play VenturesSpark Capital

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Themes of Next Play Ventures and Spark Capital, share of checked companies
Next Play VenturesSpark Capital
AI & Machine Learning17%35%
Education16%0%
Healthcare & Biotech14%8%
Enterprise Software13%8%
Fintech8%13%
Cybersecurity6%9%

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/nextplayventures.com/coinvestors
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