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Backswing Ventures vs IQT
Backswing Ventures lists 18 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; IQT lists 188 companies and has joined 23 rounds. Backswing Ventures comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), IQT comes in most often at Series A (30% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Firestorm, Locus Lock and Vatn Systems.
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| Backswing Ventures | IQT | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 18 | 188 |
| Funding rounds joined | 5 | 23 |
| Rounds led | 2 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 2 | 16 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $100M or more |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageBackswing VenturesIQT
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| Backswing Ventures | IQT | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 100% | 25% |
| Series A | 0% | 30% |
| Series B | 0% | 20% |
| Growth | 0% | 25% |
Themes
share of checked companiesBackswing VenturesIQT
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| Backswing Ventures | IQT | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 69% | 40% |
| Cybersecurity | 19% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 3% | 17% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 0% | 12% |
| Space & Defense | 3% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 3% | 5% |
Companies both back
3Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare Backswing Ventures and IQT as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/backswingventures.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/iqt.org/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/backswingventures.com/coinvestors