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HearstLab vs Social Starts
HearstLab lists 64 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Social Starts lists 137 companies and has joined 0 rounds. HearstLab comes in most often at Series A (60% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Barn2Door and Wellthy.
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| HearstLab | Social Starts | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 64 | 137 |
| Funding rounds joined | 5 | 0 |
| Rounds led | 1 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 3 | 0 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | n/a |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageHearstLabSocial Starts
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| HearstLab | Social Starts | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 40% | 0% |
| Series A | 60% | 0% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesHearstLabSocial Starts
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| HearstLab | Social Starts | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 26% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 11% |
| Education | 0% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 4% |
| Fintech | 10% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 9% |
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 HearstLab and Social Starts 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.
Work email, sign-in link by email. Already have an account? Log in- Ask AI5 plain-English investor searches a day
- 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/hearstlab.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/socialstarts.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/hearstlab.com/coinvestors