Investors / NextSTEP / Compare with Start Ventures
NextSTEP vs Start Ventures
NextSTEP lists 18 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; Start Ventures lists 20 companies and has joined 5 rounds. NextSTEP comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Start Ventures comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Switch.
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| NextSTEP | Start Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 18 | 20 |
| Funding rounds joined | 3 | 5 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 1 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 1 | 4 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $1M to $5M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageNextSTEPStart Ventures
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| NextSTEP | Start Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 100% | 60% |
| Series A | 0% | 40% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesNextSTEPStart Ventures
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| NextSTEP | Start Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 0% | 50% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 21% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 18% | 3% |
| Education | 12% | 0% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 12% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 12% |
Companies both back
1Shared 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
Compare NextSTEP and Start Ventures as data
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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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/nextstepaccelerator.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/startventures.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/nextstepaccelerator.com/coinvestors