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Outset Capital vs Surface Ventures

Outset Capital lists 16 portfolio companies and has joined 2 funding rounds; Surface Ventures lists 4 companies and has joined 4 rounds. Outset Capital comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Surface Ventures comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them poetiq.ai.

16Portfolio companies4
2Funding rounds joined4
0Rounds led3
2Rounds, last 12 months4
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Outset Capital and Surface Ventures, head to head
Outset CapitalSurface Ventures
Portfolio companies164
Funding rounds joined24
Rounds led03
Rounds, last 12 months24
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%100%
Series A50%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Outset CapitalSurface Ventures

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Entry stages of Outset Capital and Surface Ventures, share of entries
Outset CapitalSurface Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%100%
Series A50%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning43%40%
Healthcare & Biotech4%40%
Cybersecurity0%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing11%0%
Enterprise Software11%0%
Space & Defense7%0%

Outset CapitalSurface Ventures

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Themes of Outset Capital and Surface Ventures, share of checked companies
Outset CapitalSurface Ventures
AI & Machine Learning43%40%
Healthcare & Biotech4%40%
Cybersecurity0%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing11%0%
Enterprise Software11%0%
Space & Defense7%0%

Companies both back

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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/surface.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/outsetcapital.com/coinvestors
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