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Operator Collective vs Techstars

Operator Collective lists 62 portfolio companies and has joined 15 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Operator Collective comes in most often at Seed (54% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Cube, Outreach and Twelve Labs.

62Portfolio companies1,968
15Funding rounds joined53
1Rounds led7
10Rounds, last 12 months29
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Operator Collective and Techstars, head to head
Operator CollectiveTechstars
Portfolio companies621,968
Funding rounds joined1553
Rounds led17
Rounds, last 12 months1029
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%
Seed54%74%
Series A23%14%
Series B15%4%
Growth8%0%

Operator CollectiveTechstars

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Entry stages of Operator Collective and Techstars, share of entries
Operator CollectiveTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed54%74%
Series A23%14%
Series B15%4%
Growth8%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning37%20%
Enterprise Software17%8%
Fintech12%11%
Healthcare & Biotech5%12%
Education0%8%
Cybersecurity7%4%

Operator CollectiveTechstars

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Themes of Operator Collective and Techstars, share of checked companies
Operator CollectiveTechstars
AI & Machine Learning37%20%
Enterprise Software17%8%
Fintech12%11%
Healthcare & Biotech5%12%
Education0%8%
Cybersecurity7%4%

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/operatorcollective.com/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/operatorcollective.com/coinvestors
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