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IQT vs Techstars

IQT lists 188 portfolio companies and has joined 23 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. IQT comes in most often at Series A (30% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 6 companies are on both portfolios, among them Bifrost, Cognitive Space and Lauretta.io.

188Portfolio companies1,968
23Funding rounds joined53
0Rounds led7
16Rounds, last 12 months29
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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IQT and Techstars, head to head
IQTTechstars
Portfolio companies1881,968
Funding rounds joined2353
Rounds led07
Rounds, last 12 months1629
Typical round it comes in at$100M or more$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed25%74%
Series A30%14%
Series B20%4%
Growth25%0%

IQTTechstars

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Entry stages of IQT and Techstars, share of entries
IQTTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed25%74%
Series A30%14%
Series B20%4%
Growth25%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning35%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%5%
Cybersecurity15%4%
Healthcare & Biotech9%12%
Fintech2%11%
Education3%8%

IQTTechstars

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Themes of IQT and Techstars, share of checked companies
IQTTechstars
AI & Machine Learning35%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%5%
Cybersecurity15%4%
Healthcare & Biotech9%12%
Fintech2%11%
Education3%8%

Companies both back

6

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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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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/iqt.org/portfolio

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