Investors / Draper Cygnus / Compare with Techstars
Draper Cygnus vs Techstars
Draper Cygnus lists 30 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Draper Cygnus comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Novo Space and Satellites on Fire.
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| Draper Cygnus | Techstars | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 30 | 1,968 |
| Funding rounds joined | 4 | 53 |
| Rounds led | 1 | 7 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 4 | 29 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $1M to $5M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageDraper CygnusTechstars
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| Draper Cygnus | Techstars | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 8% |
| Seed | 100% | 74% |
| Series A | 0% | 14% |
| Series B | 0% | 4% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesDraper CygnusTechstars
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| Draper Cygnus | Techstars | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 35% | 20% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 12% |
| Fintech | 8% | 11% |
| Education | 8% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 5% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 5% |
Companies both back
2Shared 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 Draper Cygnus and Techstars 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.
Work email, sign-in link by email. Already have an account? Log in- Ask AI5 plain-English investor searches a day
- 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/drapercygnus.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/drapercygnus.vc/coinvestors