Investors / Initialized / Compare with S4S Ventures
Initialized vs S4S Ventures
Initialized lists 181 portfolio companies and has joined 28 funding rounds; S4S Ventures lists 12 companies and has joined 1 round. Initialized comes in most often at Seed (44% of its entries), S4S Ventures comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them A-Frame Brands.
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| Initialized | S4S Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 181 | 12 |
| Funding rounds joined | 28 | 1 |
| Rounds led | 8 | 1 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 13 | 1 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageInitializedS4S Ventures
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| Initialized | S4S Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 44% | 0% |
| Series A | 37% | 100% |
| Series B | 19% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesInitializedS4S Ventures
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| Initialized | S4S Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 29% |
| Media & Entertainment | 0% | 25% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 4% |
| Fintech | 13% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 13% |
| Consumer | 0% | 13% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare Initialized and S4S Ventures as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/initialized.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/s4sventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/initialized.com/coinvestors