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First Star Ventures vs Step Function
First Star Ventures lists 26 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Step Function lists 19 companies and has joined 3 rounds. Step Function comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Zep Ai and Saola.
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| First Star Ventures | Step Function | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 26 | 19 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 3 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 1 |
| Typical round it comes in at | n/a | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageFirst Star VenturesStep Function
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| First Star Ventures | Step Function | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 67% |
| Series A | 0% | 33% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesFirst Star VenturesStep Function
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| First Star Ventures | Step Function | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 36% | 35% |
| Cybersecurity | 10% | 29% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 19% | 0% |
| Space & Defense | 0% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 12% |
| Education | 7% | 0% |
Companies both back
2Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare First Star Ventures and Step Function as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/firststar.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/stepfunction.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/firststar.vc/coinvestors