Investors / Accel / Compare with Positive Sum
Accel vs Positive Sum
Accel lists 710 portfolio companies and has joined 350 funding rounds; Positive Sum lists 29 companies and has joined 11 rounds. Accel comes in most often at Seed (38% of its entries), Positive Sum comes in most often at Growth (56% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Cognition, Modal and Physical Intelligence.
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| Accel | Positive Sum | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 710 | 29 |
| Funding rounds joined | 350 | 11 |
| Rounds led | 220 | 1 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 121 | 8 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $100M or more |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageAccelPositive Sum
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| Accel | Positive Sum | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 1% | 0% |
| Seed | 38% | 11% |
| Series A | 32% | 0% |
| Series B | 13% | 33% |
| Growth | 17% | 56% |
Themes
share of checked companiesAccelPositive Sum
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| Accel | Positive Sum | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 24% |
| Fintech | 14% | 22% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 9% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 0% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 0% |
Companies both back
3Shared 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
Compare Accel and Positive Sum as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
Work email, sign-in link by email. Already have an account? Log in- Ask AI5 plain-English investor searches a day
- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/accel.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/positivesum.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/accel.com/coinvestors