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Next Tier Ventures vs Step Fund

Next Tier Ventures lists 13 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Step Fund lists 4 companies and has joined 3 rounds. Next Tier Ventures comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Step Fund comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Health Force.

13Portfolio companies4
8Funding rounds joined3
2Rounds led2
7Rounds, last 12 months3
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Next Tier Ventures and Step Fund, head to head
Next Tier VenturesStep Fund
Portfolio companies134
Funding rounds joined83
Rounds led22
Rounds, last 12 months73
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%100%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Next Tier VenturesStep Fund

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Entry stages of Next Tier Ventures and Step Fund, share of entries
Next Tier VenturesStep Fund
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%100%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech16%43%
AI & Machine Learning32%14%
Fintech12%29%
Human Resources0%14%
Enterprise Software12%0%
Education8%0%

Next Tier VenturesStep Fund

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Themes of Next Tier Ventures and Step Fund, share of checked companies
Next Tier VenturesStep Fund
Healthcare & Biotech16%43%
AI & Machine Learning32%14%
Fintech12%29%
Human Resources0%14%
Enterprise Software12%0%
Education8%0%

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/stepventure.eu/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/nexttier.vc/coinvestors
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