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Refract Ventures vs The Venture Dept.

Refract Ventures lists 20 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; The Venture Dept. lists 27 companies and has joined 4 rounds. Refract Ventures comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries), The Venture Dept. comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them bridge.xyz.

20Portfolio companies27
4Funding rounds joined4
0Rounds led0
0Rounds, last 12 months3
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Refract Ventures and The Venture Dept., head to head
Refract VenturesThe Venture Dept.
Portfolio companies2027
Funding rounds joined44
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months03
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%
Seed67%100%
Series A33%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Refract VenturesThe Venture Dept.

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Entry stages of Refract Ventures and The Venture Dept., share of entries
Refract VenturesThe Venture Dept.
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed67%100%
Series A33%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech33%66%
Healthcare & Biotech24%0%
AI & Machine Learning21%7%
Crypto & Web39%14%
Cybersecurity0%7%
Enterprise Software6%0%

Refract VenturesThe Venture Dept.

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Themes of Refract Ventures and The Venture Dept., share of checked companies
Refract VenturesThe Venture Dept.
Fintech33%66%
Healthcare & Biotech24%0%
AI & Machine Learning21%7%
Crypto & Web39%14%
Cybersecurity0%7%
Enterprise Software6%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/theventuredept.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/refractventures.com/coinvestors
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