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Ascend vs HearstLab
Ascend lists 74 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; HearstLab lists 64 companies and has joined 5 rounds. HearstLab comes in most often at Series A (60% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Rock Paper Coin.
74Portfolio companies64
0Funding rounds joined5
0Rounds led1
0Rounds, last 12 months3
n/aTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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| Ascend | HearstLab | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 74 | 64 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 5 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 1 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 3 |
| 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%40%
Series A0%60%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%
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| Ascend | HearstLab | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 40% |
| Series A | 0% | 60% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesAI & Machine Learning37%19%
Healthcare & Biotech8%14%
Enterprise Software8%12%
Fintech9%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%8%
Legal & Compliance0%6%
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| Ascend | HearstLab | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 37% | 19% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 14% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 12% |
| Fintech | 9% | 10% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 8% |
| Legal & Compliance | 0% | 6% |
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
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Compare Ascend and HearstLab 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.
Work email, sign-in link by email. Already have an account? Log in- Ask AI5 plain-English investor searches a day
- 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/hearstlab.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/ascend.vc/coinvestors