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Episode 1 vs IQT

Episode 1 lists 70 portfolio companies and has joined 13 funding rounds; IQT lists 188 companies and has joined 23 rounds. Episode 1 comes in most often at Seed (73% of its entries), IQT comes in most often at Series A (30% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Circuit Mind and RevEng.AI.

70Portfolio companies188
13Funding rounds joined23
7Rounds led0
7Rounds, last 12 months16
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$100M or more
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Episode 1 and IQT, head to head
Episode 1IQT
Portfolio companies70188
Funding rounds joined1323
Rounds led70
Rounds, last 12 months716
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$100M or more
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed18%0%
Seed73%25%
Series A9%30%
Series B0%20%
Growth0%25%

Episode 1IQT

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Entry stages of Episode 1 and IQT, share of entries
Episode 1IQT
Pre-seed18%0%
Seed73%25%
Series A9%30%
Series B0%20%
Growth0%25%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%35%
Industrial & Manufacturing4%16%
Cybersecurity7%15%
Fintech14%2%
Healthcare & Biotech8%9%
Enterprise Software8%5%

Episode 1IQT

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Themes of Episode 1 and IQT, share of checked companies
Episode 1IQT
AI & Machine Learning22%35%
Industrial & Manufacturing4%16%
Cybersecurity7%15%
Fintech14%2%
Healthcare & Biotech8%9%
Enterprise Software8%5%

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 IQT 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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  • Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
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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/iqt.org/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/episode1.com/coinvestors
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