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Founders Factory vs Techstars

Founders Factory lists 256 portfolio companies and has joined 15 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Founders Factory comes in most often at Seed (64% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Canomiks and Good Agriculture.

256Portfolio companies1,968
15Funding rounds joined53
2Rounds led7
10Rounds, last 12 months29
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Founders Factory and Techstars, head to head
Founders FactoryTechstars
Portfolio companies2561,968
Funding rounds joined1553
Rounds led27
Rounds, last 12 months1029
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed14%8%
Seed64%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth21%0%

Founders FactoryTechstars

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Entry stages of Founders Factory and Techstars, share of entries
Founders FactoryTechstars
Pre-seed14%8%
Seed64%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth21%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%20%
Healthcare & Biotech10%12%
Fintech11%11%
Education9%8%
Enterprise Software8%8%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%5%

Founders FactoryTechstars

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Themes of Founders Factory and Techstars, share of checked companies
Founders FactoryTechstars
AI & Machine Learning23%20%
Healthcare & Biotech10%12%
Fintech11%11%
Education9%8%
Enterprise Software8%8%
Industrial & Manufacturing8%5%

Companies both back

2

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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GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/foundersfactory.com/coinvestors
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