Investors / Ascend / Compare with Automotive Ventures
Ascend vs Automotive Ventures
Ascend lists 74 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Automotive Ventures lists 50 companies and has joined 12 rounds. Automotive Ventures comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Recurrent.
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| Ascend | Automotive Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 74 | 50 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 12 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 1 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 7 |
| Typical round it comes in at | n/a | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageAscendAutomotive Ventures
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| Ascend | Automotive Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 9% |
| Seed | 0% | 46% |
| Series A | 0% | 36% |
| Series B | 0% | 9% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesAscendAutomotive Ventures
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| Ascend | Automotive Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 37% | 29% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 12% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 0% | 12% |
| Education | 5% | 9% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 3% |
Companies both back
1Shared 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 Ascend and Automotive Ventures 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
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- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/ascend.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/automotiveventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/ascend.vc/coinvestors