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CSC Upshot vs Techstars

CSC Upshot lists 148 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 5 companies are on both portfolios, among them Bluecore, Zipline and Hackajob.

148Portfolio companies1,968
0Funding rounds joined53
0Rounds led7
0Rounds, last 12 months29
n/aTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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CSC Upshot and Techstars, head to head
CSC UpshotTechstars
Portfolio companies1481,968
Funding rounds joined053
Rounds led07
Rounds, last 12 months029
Typical round it comes in atn/a$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed0%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

CSC UpshotTechstars

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Entry stages of CSC Upshot and Techstars, share of entries
CSC UpshotTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed0%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning19%20%
Healthcare & Biotech12%12%
Fintech11%11%
Enterprise Software11%8%
Education7%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%7%

CSC UpshotTechstars

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Themes of CSC Upshot and Techstars, share of checked companies
CSC UpshotTechstars
AI & Machine Learning19%20%
Healthcare & Biotech12%12%
Fintech11%11%
Enterprise Software11%8%
Education7%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%7%

Companies both back

5

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/csc-upshot.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/csc-upshot.vc/coinvestors
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