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Kickstart vs University Growth Fund
Kickstart lists 113 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; University Growth Fund lists 73 companies and has joined 2 rounds. University Growth Fund comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries). 8 companies are on both portfolios, among them Carputty, Carta and EVisit.
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| Kickstart | University Growth Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 113 | 73 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 2 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 2 |
| Typical round it comes in at | n/a | $100M or more |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageKickstartUniversity Growth Fund
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| Kickstart | University Growth Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 0% |
| Series A | 0% | 50% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 50% |
Themes
share of checked companiesKickstartUniversity Growth Fund
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| Kickstart | University Growth Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 9% |
| Fintech | 10% | 14% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 9% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 7% |
| Education | 7% | 8% |
Companies both back
8Shared 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 University Growth Fund 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/ugrowthfund.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/kickstart.com/coinvestors