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NFX vs Techstars

NFX lists 159 portfolio companies and has joined 44 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. NFX comes in most often at Seed (45% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them ClassPass, CopilotKit and Paladin.

159Portfolio companies1,968
44Funding rounds joined53
12Rounds 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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NFX and Techstars, head to head
NFXTechstars
Portfolio companies1591,968
Funding rounds joined4453
Rounds led127
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%
Seed45%74%
Series A40%14%
Series B8%4%
Growth8%0%

NFXTechstars

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Entry stages of NFX and Techstars, share of entries
NFXTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed45%74%
Series A40%14%
Series B8%4%
Growth8%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning19%20%
Fintech18%11%
Healthcare & Biotech12%12%
Enterprise Software10%8%
Education4%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%7%

NFXTechstars

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Themes of NFX and Techstars, share of checked companies
NFXTechstars
AI & Machine Learning19%20%
Fintech18%11%
Healthcare & Biotech12%12%
Enterprise Software10%8%
Education4%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%7%

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/nfx.com/portfolio

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