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Karista vs SHIFT Invest

Karista lists 63 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; SHIFT Invest lists 60 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Karista comes in most often at Series A (33% of its entries), SHIFT Invest comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Heex Technologies.

63Portfolio companies60
4Funding rounds joined7
1Rounds led3
3Rounds, last 12 months6
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Karista and SHIFT Invest, head to head
KaristaSHIFT Invest
Portfolio companies6360
Funding rounds joined47
Rounds led13
Rounds, last 12 months36
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%57%
Series A33%29%
Series B33%14%
Growth33%0%

KaristaSHIFT Invest

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Entry stages of Karista and SHIFT Invest, share of entries
KaristaSHIFT Invest
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%57%
Series A33%29%
Series B33%14%
Growth33%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning19%31%
Healthcare & Biotech28%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%27%
Education5%13%
Space & Defense6%5%
Food & Agriculture0%5%

KaristaSHIFT Invest

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Themes of Karista and SHIFT Invest, share of checked companies
KaristaSHIFT Invest
AI & Machine Learning19%31%
Healthcare & Biotech28%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%27%
Education5%13%
Space & Defense6%5%
Food & Agriculture0%5%

Companies both back

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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/karista.vc/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/shiftinvest.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/karista.vc/coinvestors
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