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Direct Round vs UpWest
Direct Round lists 11 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; UpWest lists 40 companies and has joined 4 rounds. UpWest comes in most often at Series A (75% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Bee Hero.
11Portfolio companies40
0Funding rounds joined4
0Rounds led0
0Rounds, last 12 months2
n/aTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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| Direct Round | UpWest | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 11 | 40 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 4 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 2 |
| Typical round it comes in at | n/a | $20M to $100M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stagePre-seed0%0%
Seed0%25%
Series A0%75%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%
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| Direct Round | UpWest | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 25% |
| Series A | 0% | 75% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesAI & Machine Learning40%38%
Enterprise Software15%6%
Cybersecurity10%14%
Healthcare & Biotech5%9%
Space & Defense0%6%
Fintech5%6%
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| Direct Round | UpWest | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 40% | 38% |
| Enterprise Software | 15% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 10% | 14% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 9% |
| Space & Defense | 0% | 6% |
| Fintech | 5% | 6% |
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
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Compare Direct Round and UpWest 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
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/directround.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/upwest.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/directround.vc/coinvestors