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Karista vs Kickstart Innovation

Karista lists 63 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Kickstart Innovation lists 295 companies and has joined 0 rounds. Karista comes in most often at Series A (33% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them CYSEC.

63Portfolio companies295
4Funding rounds joined0
1Rounds led0
3Rounds, last 12 months0
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atn/a
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Karista and Kickstart Innovation, head to head
KaristaKickstart Innovation
Portfolio companies63295
Funding rounds joined40
Rounds led10
Rounds, last 12 months30
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20Mn/a
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%0%
Series A33%0%
Series B33%0%
Growth33%0%

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Entry stages of Karista and Kickstart Innovation, share of entries
KaristaKickstart Innovation
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%0%
Series A33%0%
Series B33%0%
Growth33%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech28%13%
AI & Machine Learning19%18%
Education5%12%
Fintech3%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%4%
Enterprise Software3%6%

KaristaKickstart Innovation

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Themes of Karista and Kickstart Innovation, share of checked companies
KaristaKickstart Innovation
Healthcare & Biotech28%13%
AI & Machine Learning19%18%
Education5%12%
Fintech3%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%4%
Enterprise Software3%6%

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/karista.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/kickstart-innovation.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/karista.vc/coinvestors
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