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Original Capital vs Upfront Ventures

Original Capital lists 4 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Upfront Ventures lists 121 companies and has joined 25 rounds. Original Capital comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Upfront Ventures comes in most often at Series A (42% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Fireworks.

4Portfolio companies121
4Funding rounds joined25
0Rounds led9
3Rounds, last 12 months15
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Original Capital and Upfront Ventures, head to head
Original CapitalUpfront Ventures
Portfolio companies4121
Funding rounds joined425
Rounds led09
Rounds, last 12 months315
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%
Seed50%38%
Series A25%42%
Series B0%4%
Growth25%17%

Original CapitalUpfront Ventures

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Entry stages of Original Capital and Upfront Ventures, share of entries
Original CapitalUpfront Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%38%
Series A25%42%
Series B0%4%
Growth25%17%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning43%21%
Space & Defense29%5%
Enterprise Software14%11%
Education14%4%
Healthcare & Biotech0%13%
Fintech0%9%

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Themes of Original Capital and Upfront Ventures, share of checked companies
Original CapitalUpfront Ventures
AI & Machine Learning43%21%
Space & Defense29%5%
Enterprise Software14%11%
Education14%4%
Healthcare & Biotech0%13%
Fintech0%9%

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/upfront.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/originalcapital.com/coinvestors
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