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Alumni Ventures vs Essence VC
Alumni Ventures lists 150 portfolio companies and has joined 149 funding rounds; Essence VC lists 11 companies and has joined 11 rounds. Alumni Ventures comes in most often at Seed (45% of its entries), Essence VC comes in most often at Seed (55% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them gokite.ai, Infracost and Nuon.
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| Alumni Ventures | Essence VC | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 150 | 11 |
| Funding rounds joined | 149 | 11 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 98 | 2 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageAlumni VenturesEssence VC
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| Alumni Ventures | Essence VC | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 2% | 0% |
| Seed | 45% | 55% |
| Series A | 28% | 46% |
| Series B | 18% | 0% |
| Growth | 8% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesAlumni VenturesEssence VC
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| Alumni Ventures | Essence VC | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 29% | 35% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 15% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 0% |
| Fintech | 12% | 10% |
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 Alumni Ventures and Essence VC 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.
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- 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/alumniventures.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/essencevc.fund/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/alumniventures.vc/coinvestors