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Backstage Capital vs Techstars

Backstage Capital lists 110 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). 15 companies are on both portfolios, among them Blue Fever, CareAcademy and Civic Eagle.

110Portfolio 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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Backstage Capital and Techstars, head to head
Backstage CapitalTechstars
Portfolio companies1101,968
Funding rounds joined053
Rounds led07
Rounds, last 12 months029
Typical round it comes in atn/a$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed0%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Backstage CapitalTechstars

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Entry stages of Backstage Capital and Techstars, share of entries
Backstage CapitalTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed0%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning10%20%
Consumer14%0%
Healthcare & Biotech13%12%
Education12%8%
Fintech8%11%
Enterprise Software10%8%

Backstage CapitalTechstars

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Themes of Backstage Capital and Techstars, share of checked companies
Backstage CapitalTechstars
AI & Machine Learning10%20%
Consumer14%0%
Healthcare & Biotech13%12%
Education12%8%
Fintech8%11%
Enterprise Software10%8%

Companies both back

15

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
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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/backstagecapital.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/backstagecapital.com/coinvestors
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