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Michigan Rise vs Techstars

Michigan Rise lists 122 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,969 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Michigan Rise comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Airspace Link, blueflite and ecog.

122Portfolio companies1,969
4Funding rounds joined53
1Rounds led7
2Rounds, last 12 months29
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Michigan Rise and Techstars, head to head
Michigan RiseTechstars
Portfolio companies1221,969
Funding rounds joined453
Rounds led17
Rounds, last 12 months229
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%
Seed75%75%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth25%0%

Michigan RiseTechstars

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Entry stages of Michigan Rise and Techstars, share of entries
Michigan RiseTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed75%75%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth25%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech25%12%
AI & Machine Learning13%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%5%
Fintech3%11%
Education9%8%
Enterprise Software5%8%

Michigan RiseTechstars

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Themes of Michigan Rise and Techstars, share of checked companies
Michigan RiseTechstars
Healthcare & Biotech25%12%
AI & Machine Learning13%20%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%5%
Fintech3%11%
Education9%8%
Enterprise Software5%8%

Companies both back

3

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

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