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Emergent Ventures vs Techstars

Emergent Ventures lists 44 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Emergent Ventures comes in most often at Seed (83% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them AkashX, Astra and Insent.ai.

44Portfolio companies1,968
7Funding rounds joined53
1Rounds led7
3Rounds, last 12 months29
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Emergent Ventures and Techstars, head to head
Emergent VenturesTechstars
Portfolio companies441,968
Funding rounds joined753
Rounds led17
Rounds, last 12 months329
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed83%74%
Series A17%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Emergent VenturesTechstars

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Entry stages of Emergent Ventures and Techstars, share of entries
Emergent VenturesTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed83%74%
Series A17%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning42%20%
Cybersecurity13%4%
Healthcare & Biotech5%12%
Enterprise Software12%8%
Fintech6%11%
Education2%8%

Emergent VenturesTechstars

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Themes of Emergent Ventures and Techstars, share of checked companies
Emergent VenturesTechstars
AI & Machine Learning42%20%
Cybersecurity13%4%
Healthcare & Biotech5%12%
Enterprise Software12%8%
Fintech6%11%
Education2%8%

Companies both back

4

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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GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/emergent.vc/coinvestors
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