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Act One Ventures vs Techstars

Act One Ventures lists 47 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Act One Ventures comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Branch, Repeat and Kriptos.

47Portfolio companies1,968
3Funding rounds joined53
0Rounds led7
3Rounds, last 12 months29
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Act One Ventures and Techstars, head to head
Act One VenturesTechstars
Portfolio companies471,968
Funding rounds joined353
Rounds led07
Rounds, last 12 months329
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed33%8%
Seed67%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Act One VenturesTechstars

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Entry stages of Act One Ventures and Techstars, share of entries
Act One VenturesTechstars
Pre-seed33%8%
Seed67%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning27%20%
Healthcare & Biotech15%12%
Fintech14%11%
Enterprise Software12%8%
Education3%8%
Cybersecurity7%4%

Act One VenturesTechstars

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Themes of Act One Ventures and Techstars, share of checked companies
Act One VenturesTechstars
AI & Machine Learning27%20%
Healthcare & Biotech15%12%
Fintech14%11%
Enterprise Software12%8%
Education3%8%
Cybersecurity7%4%

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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VCinfo API
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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/actoneventures.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/actoneventures.com/coinvestors
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