Investors / aSTART / Compare with Global Brain
aSTART vs Global Brain
aSTART lists 17 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Global Brain lists 429 companies and has joined 35 rounds. Global Brain comes in most often at Series A (41% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Air Membrane, Connected Robotics and Pale Blue.
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| aSTART | Global Brain | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 17 | 429 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 35 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 11 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 29 |
| 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 stageaSTARTGlobal Brain
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| aSTART | Global Brain | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 13% |
| Series A | 0% | 41% |
| Series B | 0% | 25% |
| Growth | 0% | 22% |
Themes
share of checked companiesaSTARTGlobal Brain
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| aSTART | Global Brain | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 16% |
| Enterprise Software | 0% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 10% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 9% | 0% |
Companies both back
3Shared 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 aSTART and Global Brain 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/astart.co.jp/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/globalbrains.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/astart.co.jp/coinvestors