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Essence VC vs Plug and Play
Essence VC lists 11 portfolio companies and has joined 11 funding rounds; Plug and Play lists 109 companies and has joined 79 rounds. Essence VC comes in most often at Seed (55% of its entries), Plug and Play comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them gokite.ai.
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| Essence VC | Plug and Play | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 11 | 109 |
| Funding rounds joined | 11 | 79 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 3 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 2 | 52 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageEssence VCPlug and Play
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| Essence VC | Plug and Play | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 13% |
| Seed | 55% | 75% |
| Series A | 46% | 9% |
| Series B | 0% | 3% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesEssence VCPlug and Play
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| Essence VC | Plug and Play | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 35% | 30% |
| Fintech | 10% | 22% |
| Enterprise Software | 15% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 15% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 15% | 0% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 0% | 6% |
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 Plug and Play 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/plugandplaytechcenter.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/essencevc.fund/coinvestors