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Episode 1 vs IQ Capital

Episode 1 lists 70 portfolio companies and has joined 13 funding rounds; IQ Capital lists 59 companies and has joined 24 rounds. Episode 1 comes in most often at Seed (73% of its entries), IQ Capital comes in most often at Series A (52% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Opteran and RevEng.AI.

70Portfolio companies59
13Funding rounds joined24
7Rounds led9
7Rounds, last 12 months13
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Episode 1 and IQ Capital, head to head
Episode 1IQ Capital
Portfolio companies7059
Funding rounds joined1324
Rounds led79
Rounds, last 12 months713
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed18%0%
Seed73%26%
Series A9%52%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%17%

Episode 1IQ Capital

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Entry stages of Episode 1 and IQ Capital, share of entries
Episode 1IQ Capital
Pre-seed18%0%
Seed73%26%
Series A9%52%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%17%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%31%
Healthcare & Biotech8%19%
Fintech14%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing4%12%
Enterprise Software8%6%
Cybersecurity7%7%

Episode 1IQ Capital

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Themes of Episode 1 and IQ Capital, share of checked companies
Episode 1IQ Capital
AI & Machine Learning22%31%
Healthcare & Biotech8%19%
Fintech14%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing4%12%
Enterprise Software8%6%
Cybersecurity7%7%

Companies both back

2

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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Compare Episode 1 and IQ Capital 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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  • AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/episode1.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/iqcapital.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/episode1.com/coinvestors
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