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Braid Theory vs Kickstart Innovation

Braid Theory lists 107 portfolio companies and has joined 1 funding round; Kickstart Innovation lists 294 companies and has joined 0 rounds. Braid Theory comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them RUNWITHIT Synthetics.

107Portfolio companies294
1Funding rounds joined0
0Rounds led0
1Rounds, last 12 months0
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in atn/a
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Braid Theory and Kickstart Innovation, head to head
Braid TheoryKickstart Innovation
Portfolio companies107294
Funding rounds joined10
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months10
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5Mn/a
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%0%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

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Entry stages of Braid Theory and Kickstart Innovation, share of entries
Braid TheoryKickstart Innovation
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%0%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning29%18%
Industrial & Manufacturing24%4%
Healthcare & Biotech10%13%
Education10%12%
Fintech3%11%
Climate & Energy7%0%

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Themes of Braid Theory and Kickstart Innovation, share of checked companies
Braid TheoryKickstart Innovation
AI & Machine Learning29%18%
Industrial & Manufacturing24%4%
Healthcare & Biotech10%13%
Education10%12%
Fintech3%11%
Climate & Energy7%0%

Companies both back

1

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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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/braidtheory.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/kickstart-innovation.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/braidtheory.com/coinvestors
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