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Ascension vs Empirical Ventures
Ascension lists 119 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Empirical Ventures lists 31 companies and has joined 15 rounds. Empirical Ventures comes in most often at Seed (93% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Neuronostics.
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| Ascension | Empirical Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 119 | 31 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 15 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 6 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 11 |
| Typical round it comes in at | n/a | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageAscensionEmpirical Ventures
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| Ascension | Empirical Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 93% |
| Series A | 0% | 7% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesAscensionEmpirical Ventures
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| Ascension | Empirical Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 16% | 42% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 22% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 13% |
| Fintech | 13% | 0% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 2% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 0% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare Ascension and Empirical Ventures as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/ascension.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/empiricalventures.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/ascension.vc/coinvestors