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Kickstart vs Lerer Hippeau
Kickstart lists 113 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Lerer Hippeau lists 242 companies and has joined 32 rounds. Lerer Hippeau comes in most often at Seed (53% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Cotopaxi, Havenly and Recyclops.
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| Kickstart | Lerer Hippeau | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 113 | 242 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 32 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 8 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 16 |
| Typical round it comes in at | n/a | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageKickstartLerer Hippeau
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| Kickstart | Lerer Hippeau | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 7% |
| Seed | 0% | 53% |
| Series A | 0% | 33% |
| Series B | 0% | 3% |
| Growth | 0% | 3% |
Themes
share of checked companiesKickstartLerer Hippeau
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| Kickstart | Lerer Hippeau | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 11% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 16% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
| Fintech | 10% | 13% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 9% |
| Consumer | 4% | 9% |
Companies both back
3Shared 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
Compare Kickstart and Lerer Hippeau as data
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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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/kickstart.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/lererhippeau.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/kickstart.com/coinvestors