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IFB Innovationsstarter vs NRW.Venture

IFB Innovationsstarter lists 250 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; NRW.Venture lists 21 companies and has joined 23 rounds. IFB Innovationsstarter comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries), NRW.Venture comes in most often at Seed (52% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them eleQtron.

250Portfolio companies21
3Funding rounds joined23
0Rounds led4
2Rounds, last 12 months16
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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IFB Innovationsstarter and NRW.Venture, head to head
IFB InnovationsstarterNRW.Venture
Portfolio companies25021
Funding rounds joined323
Rounds led04
Rounds, last 12 months216
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%5%
Seed67%52%
Series A33%29%
Series B0%5%
Growth0%10%

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Entry stages of IFB Innovationsstarter and NRW.Venture, share of entries
IFB InnovationsstarterNRW.Venture
Pre-seed0%5%
Seed67%52%
Series A33%29%
Series B0%5%
Growth0%10%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech15%27%
AI & Machine Learning16%21%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%6%
Fintech7%9%
Space & Defense5%9%
Enterprise Software9%6%

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Themes of IFB Innovationsstarter and NRW.Venture, share of checked companies
IFB InnovationsstarterNRW.Venture
Healthcare & Biotech15%27%
AI & Machine Learning16%21%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%6%
Fintech7%9%
Space & Defense5%9%
Enterprise Software9%6%

Companies both back

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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/innovationsstarter.com/coinvestors
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