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Iona Star vs Techstars

Iona Star lists 10 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Iona Star comes in most often at Pre-seed (25% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them AkashX.

10Portfolio companies1,968
4Funding rounds joined53
3Rounds led7
2Rounds, last 12 months29
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Iona Star and Techstars, head to head
Iona StarTechstars
Portfolio companies101,968
Funding rounds joined453
Rounds led37
Rounds, last 12 months229
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed25%8%
Seed25%74%
Series A25%14%
Series B25%4%
Growth0%0%

Iona StarTechstars

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Entry stages of Iona Star and Techstars, share of entries
Iona StarTechstars
Pre-seed25%8%
Seed25%74%
Series A25%14%
Series B25%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech30%11%
AI & Machine Learning25%20%
Healthcare & Biotech0%12%
Education0%8%
Enterprise Software5%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%7%

Iona StarTechstars

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Themes of Iona Star and Techstars, share of checked companies
Iona StarTechstars
Fintech30%11%
AI & Machine Learning25%20%
Healthcare & Biotech0%12%
Education0%8%
Enterprise Software5%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%7%

Companies both back

1

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/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/ionastar.com/coinvestors
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