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M12 vs Techstars

M12 lists 62 portfolio companies and has joined 34 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. M12 comes in most often at Series A (47% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Allstacks and CruxOCM.

62Portfolio companies1,968
34Funding rounds joined53
4Rounds led7
22Rounds, last 12 months29
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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M12 and Techstars, head to head
M12Techstars
Portfolio companies621,968
Funding rounds joined3453
Rounds led47
Rounds, last 12 months2229
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%
Seed13%74%
Series A47%14%
Series B31%4%
Growth9%0%

M12Techstars

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Entry stages of M12 and Techstars, share of entries
M12Techstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed13%74%
Series A47%14%
Series B31%4%
Growth9%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning38%20%
Cybersecurity21%4%
Healthcare & Biotech6%12%
Enterprise Software12%8%
Fintech5%11%
Education0%8%

M12Techstars

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Themes of M12 and Techstars, share of checked companies
M12Techstars
AI & Machine Learning38%20%
Cybersecurity21%4%
Healthcare & Biotech6%12%
Enterprise Software12%8%
Fintech5%11%
Education0%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/m12.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/m12.vc/coinvestors
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