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Cantos vs IQT
Cantos lists 34 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; IQT lists 188 companies and has joined 23 rounds. Cantos comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), IQT comes in most often at Series A (30% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Neros, Radiant Nuclear and Salient Motion.
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| Cantos | IQT | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 34 | 188 |
| Funding rounds joined | 7 | 23 |
| Rounds led | 1 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 3 | 16 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $100M or more |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageCantosIQT
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| Cantos | IQT | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 50% | 25% |
| Series A | 17% | 30% |
| Series B | 33% | 20% |
| Growth | 0% | 25% |
Themes
share of checked companiesCantosIQT
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| Cantos | IQT | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 35% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 28% | 16% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 16% | 9% |
| Cybersecurity | 0% | 15% |
| Education | 9% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 7% |
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 Cantos 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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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
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- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/cantos.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/iqt.org/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/cantos.vc/coinvestors