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Essence VC vs General Catalyst
Essence VC lists 11 portfolio companies and has joined 11 funding rounds; General Catalyst lists 615 companies and has joined 313 rounds. Essence VC comes in most often at Seed (55% of its entries), General Catalyst comes in most often at Seed (35% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them gokite.ai.
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| Essence VC | General Catalyst | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 11 | 615 |
| Funding rounds joined | 11 | 313 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 129 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 2 | 173 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $20M to $100M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageEssence VCGeneral Catalyst
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| Essence VC | General Catalyst | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 1% |
| Seed | 55% | 35% |
| Series A | 46% | 27% |
| Series B | 0% | 14% |
| Growth | 0% | 22% |
Themes
share of checked companiesEssence VCGeneral Catalyst
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| Essence VC | General Catalyst | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 35% | 24% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 0% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 15% | 10% |
| Cybersecurity | 15% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 15% | 3% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
Companies both back
1Shared 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
Compare Essence VC and General Catalyst 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
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/essencevc.fund/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/generalcatalyst.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/essencevc.fund/coinvestors