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NFX vs University Growth Fund

NFX lists 159 portfolio companies and has joined 44 funding rounds; University Growth Fund lists 73 companies and has joined 2 rounds. NFX comes in most often at Seed (45% of its entries), University Growth Fund comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them ClassPass, Lyft and Poshmark.

159Portfolio companies73
44Funding rounds joined2
12Rounds led0
22Rounds, last 12 months2
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$100M or more
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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NFX and University Growth Fund, head to head
NFXUniversity Growth Fund
Portfolio companies15973
Funding rounds joined442
Rounds led120
Rounds, last 12 months222
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$100M or more
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed45%0%
Series A40%50%
Series B8%0%
Growth8%50%

NFXUniversity Growth Fund

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Entry stages of NFX and University Growth Fund, share of entries
NFXUniversity Growth Fund
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed45%0%
Series A40%50%
Series B8%0%
Growth8%50%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning19%9%
Fintech18%14%
Healthcare & Biotech12%12%
Enterprise Software10%9%
Education4%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%7%

NFXUniversity Growth Fund

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Themes of NFX and University Growth Fund, share of checked companies
NFXUniversity Growth Fund
AI & Machine Learning19%9%
Fintech18%14%
Healthcare & Biotech12%12%
Enterprise Software10%9%
Education4%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%7%

Companies both back

3

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/ugrowthfund.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/nfx.com/coinvestors
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