Investors / Floodgate / Compare with Initialized
Floodgate vs Initialized
Floodgate lists 105 portfolio companies and has joined 10 funding rounds; Initialized lists 181 companies and has joined 28 rounds. Floodgate comes in most often at Series A (60% of its entries), Initialized comes in most often at Seed (44% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them Clever, Culdesac and Lob.
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| Floodgate | Initialized | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 105 | 181 |
| Funding rounds joined | 10 | 28 |
| Rounds led | 1 | 8 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 1 | 13 |
| 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 stageFloodgateInitialized
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| Floodgate | Initialized | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 40% | 44% |
| Series A | 60% | 37% |
| Series B | 0% | 19% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesFloodgateInitialized
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| Floodgate | Initialized | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 23% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 13% |
| Fintech | 9% | 13% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| Education | 9% | 5% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 0% |
Companies both back
4Shared 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 Floodgate and Initialized 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/floodgate.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/initialized.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/floodgate.com/coinvestors