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SMBC Venture Capital vs STRIVE

SMBC Venture Capital lists 104 portfolio companies and has joined 26 funding rounds; STRIVE lists 67 companies and has joined 0 rounds. SMBC Venture Capital comes in most often at Seed (32% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Caster, Cover and WealthNavi.

104Portfolio companies67
26Funding rounds joined0
3Rounds led0
17Rounds, last 12 months0
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atn/a
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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SMBC Venture Capital and STRIVE, head to head
SMBC Venture CapitalSTRIVE
Portfolio companies10467
Funding rounds joined260
Rounds led30
Rounds, last 12 months170
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20Mn/a
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed32%0%
Series A26%0%
Series B16%0%
Growth26%0%

SMBC Venture CapitalSTRIVE

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Entry stages of SMBC Venture Capital and STRIVE, share of entries
SMBC Venture CapitalSTRIVE
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed32%0%
Series A26%0%
Series B16%0%
Growth26%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning18%11%
Enterprise Software11%14%
Healthcare & Biotech13%10%
Fintech9%12%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%3%
Education8%9%

SMBC Venture CapitalSTRIVE

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Themes of SMBC Venture Capital and STRIVE, share of checked companies
SMBC Venture CapitalSTRIVE
AI & Machine Learning18%11%
Enterprise Software11%14%
Healthcare & Biotech13%10%
Fintech9%12%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%3%
Education8%9%

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/strive.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/smbc-vc.co.jp/coinvestors
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