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Founder Collective vs Techstars

Founder Collective lists 185 portfolio companies and has joined 11 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Founder Collective comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 12 companies are on both portfolios, among them Broadlume, CoachUp and Cycle.

185Portfolio companies1,968
11Funding rounds joined53
1Rounds led7
7Rounds, last 12 months29
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Founder Collective and Techstars, head to head
Founder CollectiveTechstars
Portfolio companies1851,968
Funding rounds joined1153
Rounds led17
Rounds, last 12 months729
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed60%74%
Series A30%14%
Series B10%4%
Growth0%0%

Founder CollectiveTechstars

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Entry stages of Founder Collective and Techstars, share of entries
Founder CollectiveTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed60%74%
Series A30%14%
Series B10%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%20%
Healthcare & Biotech10%12%
Fintech10%11%
Enterprise Software10%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%7%
Education4%8%

Founder CollectiveTechstars

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Themes of Founder Collective and Techstars, share of checked companies
Founder CollectiveTechstars
AI & Machine Learning23%20%
Healthcare & Biotech10%12%
Fintech10%11%
Enterprise Software10%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%7%
Education4%8%

Companies both back

12

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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/foundercollective.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/foundercollective.com/coinvestors
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