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aSTART vs JAFCO

aSTART lists 17 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; JAFCO lists 196 companies and has joined 28 rounds. JAFCO comes in most often at Seed (26% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them REXEV and Synspective.

17Portfolio companies196
0Funding rounds joined28
0Rounds led11
0Rounds, last 12 months23
n/aTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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aSTART and JAFCO, head to head
aSTARTJAFCO
Portfolio companies17196
Funding rounds joined028
Rounds led011
Rounds, last 12 months023
Typical round it comes in atn/a$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%26%
Series A0%26%
Series B0%26%
Growth0%21%

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Entry stages of aSTART and JAFCO, share of entries
aSTARTJAFCO
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%26%
Series A0%26%
Series B0%26%
Growth0%21%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning18%18%
Enterprise Software0%14%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%10%
Space & Defense9%0%
Cybersecurity9%3%

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Themes of aSTART and JAFCO, share of checked companies
aSTARTJAFCO
AI & Machine Learning18%18%
Enterprise Software0%14%
Healthcare & Biotech9%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%10%
Space & Defense9%0%
Cybersecurity9%3%

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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/astart.co.jp/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/jafco.co.jp/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/astart.co.jp/coinvestors
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