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Mercury Fund vs Techstars

Mercury Fund lists 64 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Mercury Fund comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Cooklist and LISNR.

64Portfolio companies1,968
6Funding rounds joined53
3Rounds led7
6Rounds, last 12 months29
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Mercury Fund and Techstars, head to head
Mercury FundTechstars
Portfolio companies641,968
Funding rounds joined653
Rounds led37
Rounds, last 12 months629
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%74%
Series A33%14%
Series B17%4%
Growth0%0%

Mercury FundTechstars

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Entry stages of Mercury Fund and Techstars, share of entries
Mercury FundTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed50%74%
Series A33%14%
Series B17%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning20%20%
Fintech13%11%
Healthcare & Biotech11%12%
Education6%8%
Enterprise Software8%8%
Cybersecurity8%4%

Mercury FundTechstars

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Themes of Mercury Fund and Techstars, share of checked companies
Mercury FundTechstars
AI & Machine Learning20%20%
Fintech13%11%
Healthcare & Biotech11%12%
Education6%8%
Enterprise Software8%8%
Cybersecurity8%4%

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/mercuryfund.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/mercuryfund.com/coinvestors
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