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Cistern Capital vs Defy
Cistern Capital lists 31 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; Defy lists 25 companies and has joined 10 rounds. Cistern Capital comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Defy comes in most often at Seed (56% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Birches Health.
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| Cistern Capital | Defy | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 31 | 25 |
| Funding rounds joined | 3 | 10 |
| Rounds led | 1 | 4 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 3 | 5 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageCistern CapitalDefy
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| Cistern Capital | Defy | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 100% | 56% |
| Series A | 0% | 33% |
| Series B | 0% | 11% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesCistern CapitalDefy
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| Cistern Capital | Defy | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 41% | 18% |
| Fintech | 5% | 18% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 5% | 16% |
| Food & Agriculture | 14% | 0% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 2% | 8% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare Cistern Capital and Defy as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/cistern-capital.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/defy.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/cistern-capital.com/coinvestors