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Carbide Ventures vs Techstars

Carbide Ventures lists 30 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Carbide Ventures comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Bifrost and Cledara.

30Portfolio companies1,968
5Funding rounds joined53
2Rounds led7
4Rounds, last 12 months29
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Carbide Ventures and Techstars, head to head
Carbide VenturesTechstars
Portfolio companies301,968
Funding rounds joined553
Rounds led27
Rounds, last 12 months429
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%
Seed25%74%
Series A50%14%
Series B25%4%
Growth0%0%

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Entry stages of Carbide Ventures and Techstars, share of entries
Carbide VenturesTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed25%74%
Series A50%14%
Series B25%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning24%20%
Enterprise Software14%8%
Healthcare & Biotech12%12%
Fintech10%11%
Cybersecurity10%4%
Education0%8%

Carbide VenturesTechstars

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Themes of Carbide Ventures and Techstars, share of checked companies
Carbide VenturesTechstars
AI & Machine Learning24%20%
Enterprise Software14%8%
Healthcare & Biotech12%12%
Fintech10%11%
Cybersecurity10%4%
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
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GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/carbideventures.com/coinvestors
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