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imec.istart vs Karista

imec.istart lists 266 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; Karista lists 63 companies and has joined 4 rounds. imec.istart comes in most often at Seed (73% of its entries), Karista comes in most often at Series A (33% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Deo Care.

266Portfolio companies63
12Funding rounds joined4
2Rounds led1
6Rounds, last 12 months3
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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imec.istart and Karista, head to head
imec.istartKarista
Portfolio companies26663
Funding rounds joined124
Rounds led21
Rounds, last 12 months63
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%0%
Seed73%0%
Series A27%33%
Series B0%33%
Growth0%33%

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Entry stages of imec.istart and Karista, share of entries
imec.istartKarista
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed73%0%
Series A27%33%
Series B0%33%
Growth0%33%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech19%28%
AI & Machine Learning16%19%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%10%
Enterprise Software9%3%
Fintech7%3%
Education7%5%

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Themes of imec.istart and Karista, share of checked companies
imec.istartKarista
Healthcare & Biotech19%28%
AI & Machine Learning16%19%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%10%
Enterprise Software9%3%
Fintech7%3%
Education7%5%

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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/imecistart.com/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/karista.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/imecistart.com/coinvestors
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