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53 Stations vs Picks and Shovels

53 Stations lists 28 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Picks and Shovels lists 15 companies and has joined 0 rounds. 53 Stations comes in most often at Series B (50% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Flux.

28Portfolio companies15
8Funding rounds joined0
1Rounds led0
5Rounds, last 12 months0
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in atn/a
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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53 Stations and Picks and Shovels, head to head
53 StationsPicks and Shovels
Portfolio companies2815
Funding rounds joined80
Rounds led10
Rounds, last 12 months50
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100Mn/a
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%0%
Series A25%0%
Series B50%0%
Growth25%0%

53 StationsPicks and Shovels

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Entry stages of 53 Stations and Picks and Shovels, share of entries
53 StationsPicks and Shovels
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%0%
Series A25%0%
Series B50%0%
Growth25%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech18%33%
AI & Machine Learning13%17%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%4%
Real Estate & Construction13%4%
Healthcare & Biotech8%13%
Enterprise Software11%8%

53 StationsPicks and Shovels

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Themes of 53 Stations and Picks and Shovels, share of checked companies
53 StationsPicks and Shovels
Fintech18%33%
AI & Machine Learning13%17%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%4%
Real Estate & Construction13%4%
Healthcare & Biotech8%13%
Enterprise Software11%8%

Companies both back

1

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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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/53stations.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/picksandshovelsvc.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/53stations.com/coinvestors
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