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Hard2beat vs IQT
Hard2beat lists 12 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; IQT lists 188 companies and has joined 23 rounds. Hard2beat comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), IQT comes in most often at Series A (30% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them DefendEye.
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| Hard2beat | IQT | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 12 | 188 |
| Funding rounds joined | 6 | 23 |
| Rounds led | 4 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 3 | 16 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $1M to $5M | $100M or more |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageHard2beatIQT
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| Hard2beat | IQT | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 100% | 25% |
| Series A | 0% | 30% |
| Series B | 0% | 20% |
| Growth | 0% | 25% |
Themes
share of checked companiesHard2beatIQT
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| Hard2beat | IQT | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 32% | 40% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 26% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 17% |
| Enterprise Software | 16% | 5% |
| Cybersecurity | 11% | 12% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 7% |
Companies both back
1Shared 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 Hard2beat and IQT 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/hard2beat.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/iqt.org/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/hard2beat.vc/coinvestors