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Barrel Ventures vs Techstars

Barrel Ventures lists 34 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Barrel Ventures comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Kimba and Soona.

34Portfolio companies1,968
5Funding rounds joined53
0Rounds led7
2Rounds, last 12 months29
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Barrel Ventures and Techstars, head to head
Barrel VenturesTechstars
Portfolio companies341,968
Funding rounds joined553
Rounds led07
Rounds, last 12 months229
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed67%74%
Series A33%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Barrel VenturesTechstars

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Entry stages of Barrel Ventures and Techstars, share of entries
Barrel VenturesTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed67%74%
Series A33%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Food & Agriculture24%0%
AI & Machine Learning24%20%
E-commerce & Marketplaces16%7%
Healthcare & Biotech14%12%
Fintech6%11%
Education0%8%

Barrel VenturesTechstars

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Themes of Barrel Ventures and Techstars, share of checked companies
Barrel VenturesTechstars
Food & Agriculture24%0%
AI & Machine Learning24%20%
E-commerce & Marketplaces16%7%
Healthcare & Biotech14%12%
Fintech6%11%
Education0%8%

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/barrelvc.com/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/barrelvc.com/coinvestors
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