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Aster vs Techstars
Aster lists 63 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Eyelights and LevelTen Energy.
63Portfolio companies1,968
0Funding rounds joined53
0Rounds led7
0Rounds, last 12 months29
n/aTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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| Aster | Techstars | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 63 | 1,968 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 53 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 7 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 29 |
| 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 stagePre-seed0%8%
Seed0%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%
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| Aster | Techstars | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 8% |
| Seed | 0% | 74% |
| Series A | 0% | 14% |
| Series B | 0% | 4% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesAI & Machine Learning16%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing19%5%
Education16%8%
Healthcare & Biotech9%12%
Fintech0%11%
Mobility & Logistics10%0%
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| Aster | Techstars | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 20% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 19% | 5% |
| Education | 16% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 12% |
| Fintech | 0% | 11% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 10% | 0% |
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
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Compare Aster and Techstars 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/aster.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/aster.com/coinvestors