Investors / IQT / Compare with Shield Capital
IQT vs Shield Capital
IQT lists 188 portfolio companies and has joined 23 funding rounds; Shield Capital lists 48 companies and has joined 17 rounds. IQT comes in most often at Series A (30% of its entries), Shield Capital comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries). 7 companies are on both portfolios, among them Albedo, Armada and Ent.
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| IQT | Shield Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 188 | 48 |
| Funding rounds joined | 23 | 17 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 3 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 16 | 10 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $100M or more | $20M to $100M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageIQTShield Capital
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| IQT | Shield Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 25% | 23% |
| Series A | 30% | 54% |
| Series B | 20% | 23% |
| Growth | 25% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesIQTShield Capital
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| IQT | Shield Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 40% | 59% |
| Cybersecurity | 12% | 19% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 17% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 0% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 9% |
| Space & Defense | 7% | 5% |
Companies both back
7Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare IQT and Shield Capital as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/iqt.org/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/shieldcap.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/iqt.org/coinvestors