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Jumpstart Nova vs Zest

Jumpstart Nova lists 10 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Zest lists 172 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Zest comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Mae.

10Portfolio companies172
0Funding rounds joined7
0Rounds led1
0Rounds, last 12 months4
n/aTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Jumpstart Nova and Zest, head to head
Jumpstart NovaZest
Portfolio companies10172
Funding rounds joined07
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months04
Typical round it comes in atn/a$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Jumpstart NovaZest

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Entry stages of Jumpstart Nova and Zest, share of entries
Jumpstart NovaZest
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A0%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech82%7%
Enterprise Software18%6%
AI & Machine Learning0%17%
Fintech0%11%
Education0%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing0%7%

Jumpstart NovaZest

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Themes of Jumpstart Nova and Zest, share of checked companies
Jumpstart NovaZest
Healthcare & Biotech82%7%
Enterprise Software18%6%
AI & Machine Learning0%17%
Fintech0%11%
Education0%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing0%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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/jumpstartnova.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/zestgroup.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/jumpstartnova.com/coinvestors
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