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Contrarian Ventures vs Techstars

Contrarian Ventures lists 28 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,969 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Contrarian Ventures comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Cariqa.

28Portfolio companies1,969
8Funding rounds joined53
3Rounds led7
5Rounds, last 12 months29
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Contrarian Ventures and Techstars, head to head
Contrarian VenturesTechstars
Portfolio companies281,969
Funding rounds joined853
Rounds led37
Rounds, last 12 months529
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-seed13%8%
Seed50%75%
Series A38%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Contrarian VenturesTechstars

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Entry stages of Contrarian Ventures and Techstars, share of entries
Contrarian VenturesTechstars
Pre-seed13%8%
Seed50%75%
Series A38%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning19%20%
Education19%8%
Industrial & Manufacturing17%5%
Space & Defense13%5%
Healthcare & Biotech4%12%
Fintech6%11%

Contrarian VenturesTechstars

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Themes of Contrarian Ventures and Techstars, share of checked companies
Contrarian VenturesTechstars
AI & Machine Learning19%20%
Education19%8%
Industrial & Manufacturing17%5%
Space & Defense13%5%
Healthcare & Biotech4%12%
Fintech6%11%

Companies both back

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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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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/cventures.vc/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/cventures.vc/coinvestors
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