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Investors / IQT / Compare with StartX

IQT vs StartX

IQT lists 188 portfolio companies and has joined 23 funding rounds; StartX lists 772 companies and has joined 2 rounds. IQT comes in most often at Series A (30% of its entries), StartX comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them Anthro, Glyphic Biotechnologies and Neros.

188Portfolio companies772
23Funding rounds joined2
0Rounds led0
16Rounds, last 12 months1
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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IQT and StartX, head to head
IQTStartX
Portfolio companies188772
Funding rounds joined232
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months161
Typical round it comes in at$100M or more$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%0%
Series A30%100%
Series B20%0%
Growth25%0%

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Entry stages of IQT and StartX, share of entries
IQTStartX
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%0%
Series A30%100%
Series B20%0%
Growth25%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning35%19%
Healthcare & Biotech9%25%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%6%
Cybersecurity15%4%
Education3%9%
Fintech2%8%

IQTStartX

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Themes of IQT and StartX, share of checked companies
IQTStartX
AI & Machine Learning35%19%
Healthcare & Biotech9%25%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%6%
Cybersecurity15%4%
Education3%9%
Fintech2%8%

Companies both back

4

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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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/iqt.org/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/startx.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/iqt.org/coinvestors
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