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Growth Engine vs Zest

Growth Engine lists 4 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Zest lists 172 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Growth Engine comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Zest comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them rulen.ai.

4Portfolio companies172
4Funding rounds joined7
0Rounds led1
4Rounds, last 12 months4
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Growth Engine and Zest, head to head
Growth EngineZest
Portfolio companies4172
Funding rounds joined47
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months44
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-seed0%0%
Seed100%100%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Growth EngineZest

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Entry stages of Growth Engine and Zest, share of entries
Growth EngineZest
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%100%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech33%7%
Fintech17%11%
AI & Machine Learning17%17%
Education17%7%
Mobility & Logistics17%0%
Industrial & Manufacturing0%7%

Growth EngineZest

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Themes of Growth Engine and Zest, share of checked companies
Growth EngineZest
Healthcare & Biotech33%7%
Fintech17%11%
AI & Machine Learning17%17%
Education17%7%
Mobility & Logistics17%0%
Industrial & Manufacturing0%7%

Companies both back

1

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/zestgroup.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/growthengine.it/coinvestors
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