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Mercia Ventures vs Techstars

Mercia Ventures lists 196 portfolio companies and has joined 35 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,969 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Mercia Ventures comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Covatic and ServeFirst.

196Portfolio companies1,969
35Funding rounds joined53
16Rounds led7
29Rounds, last 12 months29
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Mercia Ventures and Techstars, head to head
Mercia VenturesTechstars
Portfolio companies1961,969
Funding rounds joined3553
Rounds led167
Rounds, last 12 months2929
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed50%75%
Series A33%14%
Series B10%4%
Growth7%0%

Mercia VenturesTechstars

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Entry stages of Mercia Ventures and Techstars, share of entries
Mercia VenturesTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed50%75%
Series A33%14%
Series B10%4%
Growth7%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech21%12%
AI & Machine Learning12%20%
Fintech6%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%5%
Education7%8%
Enterprise Software8%8%

Mercia VenturesTechstars

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Themes of Mercia Ventures and Techstars, share of checked companies
Mercia VenturesTechstars
Healthcare & Biotech21%12%
AI & Machine Learning12%20%
Fintech6%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%5%
Education7%8%
Enterprise Software8%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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VCinfo API
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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/merciaventures.co.uk/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/merciaventures.co.uk/coinvestors
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