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Innovation Works vs Techstars

Innovation Works lists 8 portfolio companies and has joined 5 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Innovation Works comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them concordare.com and Gridwise.

8Portfolio companies1,968
5Funding rounds joined53
2Rounds led7
4Rounds, last 12 months29
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Innovation Works and Techstars, head to head
Innovation WorksTechstars
Portfolio companies81,968
Funding rounds joined553
Rounds led27
Rounds, last 12 months429
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed100%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Innovation WorksTechstars

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Entry stages of Innovation Works and Techstars, share of entries
Innovation WorksTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed100%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech50%12%
Fintech20%11%
AI & Machine Learning10%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%5%
Mobility & Logistics10%0%
Education0%8%

Innovation WorksTechstars

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Themes of Innovation Works and Techstars, share of checked companies
Innovation WorksTechstars
Healthcare & Biotech50%12%
Fintech20%11%
AI & Machine Learning10%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%5%
Mobility & Logistics10%0%
Education0%8%

Companies both back

2

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/innovationworks.org/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/innovationworks.org/coinvestors
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