This version corrects the prior report: the conflict rule now applies to the entire firm — if any person or fund at a firm invested in Parallel Web Systems, Exa, Tavily, Perplexity, Glean, Hebbia, You.com, Firecrawl or Linkup, the whole firm is excluded and no partner there is recommended. Of 112 firms reviewed, 27 carry direct Parallel/Exa exposure, 79 hold adjacent competitors, and 6 are unconflicted in the reviewed set.
Ranked by sector fit, growth-stage relevance and check capacity. “Unconflicted in reviewed set” means no disclosed competitor investment was found in the public sources reviewed — it is not proof of absence. Where rationale is sparse, the partner pick is provisional and needs warm-intro or contact validation before sharing sensitive diligence.
Direct rows first. No partner at any firm below should be approached, regardless of individual involvement in the competitive deal.
| Firm | Conflict | Competitor portfolio | Financing evidence | Source |
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Firm-level conflict screen for Keenable, built from a 35-row decision table, a 106-firm source-linked conflict registry, a 47-row partner-candidate set and 6 clean shortlist rows. Competitor set: Parallel Web Systems, Exa, Tavily, Perplexity, Glean, Hebbia, You.com, Firecrawl, Linkup. “Could write >$40M” is firm-level institutional capacity, not individual signing authority. Financing evidence truncated to 110 characters for space; full strings live in the linked sources. Re-check scout, SPV and partner angel investments before outreach.