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Shine Capital vs Union Square Ventures

Shine Capital lists 44 portfolio companies and has joined 17 funding rounds; Union Square Ventures lists 218 companies and has joined 41 rounds. Shine Capital comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries), Union Square Ventures comes in most often at Series A (28% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Blackbird and Numerai.

44Portfolio companies218
17Funding rounds joined41
7Rounds led14
10Rounds, last 12 months30
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Shine Capital and Union Square Ventures, head to head
Shine CapitalUnion Square Ventures
Portfolio companies44218
Funding rounds joined1741
Rounds led714
Rounds, last 12 months1030
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%3%
Seed38%25%
Series A50%28%
Series B6%22%
Growth6%22%

Shine CapitalUnion Square Ventures

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Entry stages of Shine Capital and Union Square Ventures, share of entries
Shine CapitalUnion Square Ventures
Pre-seed0%3%
Seed38%25%
Series A50%28%
Series B6%22%
Growth6%22%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning25%15%
Fintech15%15%
Education4%13%
Healthcare & Biotech11%9%
Media & Entertainment4%8%
Enterprise Software8%8%

Shine CapitalUnion Square Ventures

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Themes of Shine Capital and Union Square Ventures, share of checked companies
Shine CapitalUnion Square Ventures
AI & Machine Learning25%15%
Fintech15%15%
Education4%13%
Healthcare & Biotech11%9%
Media & Entertainment4%8%
Enterprise Software8%8%

Companies both back

2

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/usv.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/shine.vc/coinvestors
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