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Ascend vs Creative Destruction Lab

Ascend lists 74 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Creative Destruction Lab lists 1,552 companies and has joined 0 rounds. 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Neuramill and Vouched.

74Portfolio companies1,552
0Funding rounds joined0
0Rounds led0
0Rounds, last 12 months0
n/aTypical round it comes in atn/a
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Ascend and Creative Destruction Lab, head to head
AscendCreative Destruction Lab
Portfolio companies741,552
Funding rounds joined00
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months00
Typical round it comes in atn/an/a
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%0%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

AscendCreative Destruction Lab

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Entry stages of Ascend and Creative Destruction Lab, share of entries
AscendCreative Destruction Lab
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%0%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning37%26%
Healthcare & Biotech8%22%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%14%
Fintech9%5%
Enterprise Software8%4%
Cybersecurity5%4%

AscendCreative Destruction Lab

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Themes of Ascend and Creative Destruction Lab, share of checked companies
AscendCreative Destruction Lab
AI & Machine Learning37%26%
Healthcare & Biotech8%22%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%14%
Fintech9%5%
Enterprise Software8%4%
Cybersecurity5%4%

Companies both back

2

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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Compare Ascend and Creative Destruction Lab 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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/ascend.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/creativedestructionlab.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/ascend.vc/coinvestors
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