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Optimist Ventures vs SV Angel
Optimist Ventures lists 6 portfolio companies and has joined 1 funding round; SV Angel lists 226 companies and has joined 99 rounds. Optimist Ventures comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries), SV Angel comes in most often at Seed (55% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them OpenAI and Stripe.
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| Optimist Ventures | SV Angel | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 6 | 226 |
| Funding rounds joined | 1 | 99 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 1 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 1 | 51 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageOptimist VenturesSV Angel
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| Optimist Ventures | SV Angel | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 55% |
| Series A | 100% | 35% |
| Series B | 0% | 6% |
| Growth | 0% | 5% |
Themes
share of checked companiesOptimist VenturesSV Angel
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| Optimist Ventures | SV Angel | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 31% |
| Space & Defense | 20% | 3% |
| Fintech | 20% | 13% |
| Enterprise Software | 0% | 11% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 0% | 11% |
| Cybersecurity | 10% | 6% |
Companies both back
2Shared 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 Optimist Ventures and SV Angel 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
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- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/optimist.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/svangel.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/optimist.vc/coinvestors