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Launch NY vs Techstars

Launch NY lists 68 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Launch NY comes in most often at Series A (67% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Agri Trak and Ecolectro.

68Portfolio companies1,968
3Funding rounds joined53
0Rounds led7
3Rounds, last 12 months29
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Launch NY and Techstars, head to head
Launch NYTechstars
Portfolio companies681,968
Funding rounds joined353
Rounds led07
Rounds, last 12 months329
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed33%74%
Series A67%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Launch NYTechstars

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Entry stages of Launch NY and Techstars, share of entries
Launch NYTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed33%74%
Series A67%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech24%12%
AI & Machine Learning17%20%
Education12%8%
Fintech7%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%5%
Enterprise Software2%8%

Launch NYTechstars

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Themes of Launch NY and Techstars, share of checked companies
Launch NYTechstars
Healthcare & Biotech24%12%
AI & Machine Learning17%20%
Education12%8%
Fintech7%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%5%
Enterprise Software2%8%

Companies both back

2

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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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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/launchny.org/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/launchny.org/coinvestors
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