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Earlybird vs Step Function

Earlybird lists 85 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; Step Function lists 19 companies and has joined 3 rounds. Earlybird comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Step Function comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them SLNG.

85Portfolio companies19
29Funding rounds joined3
13Rounds led0
15Rounds, last 12 months1
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Earlybird and Step Function, head to head
EarlybirdStep Function
Portfolio companies8519
Funding rounds joined293
Rounds led130
Rounds, last 12 months151
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed4%0%
Seed50%67%
Series A39%33%
Series B4%0%
Growth4%0%

EarlybirdStep Function

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Entry stages of Earlybird and Step Function, share of entries
EarlybirdStep Function
Pre-seed4%0%
Seed50%67%
Series A39%33%
Series B4%0%
Growth4%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning28%35%
Cybersecurity3%29%
Space & Defense3%15%
Fintech14%0%
Enterprise Software9%12%
Industrial & Manufacturing11%3%

EarlybirdStep Function

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Themes of Earlybird and Step Function, share of checked companies
EarlybirdStep Function
AI & Machine Learning28%35%
Cybersecurity3%29%
Space & Defense3%15%
Fintech14%0%
Enterprise Software9%12%
Industrial & Manufacturing11%3%

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/earlybird.com/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/stepfunction.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/earlybird.com/coinvestors
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