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aSTART vs Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment
aSTART lists 17 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment lists 14 companies and has joined 2 rounds. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Astroscale and Synspective.
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| aSTART | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 17 | 14 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 2 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 2 |
| 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 stageaSTARTSumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment
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| aSTART | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 50% |
| Series A | 0% | 0% |
| Series B | 0% | 50% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesaSTARTSumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment
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| aSTART | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 21% |
| Space & Defense | 9% | 21% |
| Fintech | 6% | 13% |
| Enterprise Software | 0% | 13% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 8% |
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
Compare aSTART and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment 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/smtic.jp/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/astart.co.jp/coinvestors