Investors / Ascend / Compare with Expa
Ascend vs Expa
Ascend lists 74 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Expa lists 79 companies and has joined 5 rounds. Expa comes in most often at Seed (80% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Fabric and Solo.
74Portfolio companies79
0Funding rounds joined5
0Rounds led2
0Rounds, last 12 months4
n/aTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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| Ascend | Expa | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 74 | 79 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 5 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 2 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 4 |
| 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 stagePre-seed0%0%
Seed0%80%
Series A0%20%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%
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| Ascend | Expa | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 80% |
| Series A | 0% | 20% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesAI & Machine Learning37%13%
Fintech9%21%
Enterprise Software8%9%
Healthcare & Biotech8%7%
Space & Defense0%6%
Industrial & Manufacturing5%6%
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| Ascend | Expa | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 37% | 13% |
| Fintech | 9% | 21% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 9% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 0% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 6% |
Companies both back
2Shared 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 Expa 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/ascend.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/expa.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/ascend.vc/coinvestors