Investors / Haystack / Compare with Initialized
Haystack vs Initialized
Haystack lists 35 portfolio companies and has joined 24 funding rounds; Initialized lists 181 companies and has joined 28 rounds. Haystack comes in most often at Seed (61% of its entries), Initialized comes in most often at Seed (44% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Instacart and OpenDoor.
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| Haystack | Initialized | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 35 | 181 |
| Funding rounds joined | 24 | 28 |
| Rounds led | 2 | 8 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 18 | 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 stageHaystackInitialized
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| Haystack | Initialized | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 61% | 44% |
| Series A | 35% | 37% |
| Series B | 0% | 19% |
| Growth | 4% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesHaystackInitialized
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| Haystack | Initialized | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 27% | 13% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 23% |
| Fintech | 8% | 13% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 5% |
| Education | 4% | 5% |
Companies both back
2Shared 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 Haystack 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
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- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/haystack.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/initialized.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/haystack.vc/coinvestors