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El Cap vs Stepchange

El Cap lists 16 portfolio companies and has joined 1 funding round; Stepchange lists 22 companies and has joined 4 rounds. El Cap comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries), Stepchange comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Rhizome.

16Portfolio companies22
1Funding rounds joined4
0Rounds led1
1Rounds, last 12 months4
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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El Cap and Stepchange, head to head
El CapStepchange
Portfolio companies1622
Funding rounds joined14
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months14
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A100%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

El CapStepchange

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Entry stages of El Cap and Stepchange, share of entries
El CapStepchange
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A100%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning37%16%
Education10%19%
Fintech13%16%
Real Estate & Construction3%16%
E-commerce & Marketplaces10%5%
Enterprise Software7%7%

El CapStepchange

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Themes of El Cap and Stepchange, share of checked companies
El CapStepchange
AI & Machine Learning37%16%
Education10%19%
Fintech13%16%
Real Estate & Construction3%16%
E-commerce & Marketplaces10%5%
Enterprise Software7%7%

Companies both back

1

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/elcap.xyz/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/stepchange.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/elcap.xyz/coinvestors
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