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PearX vs StartX

PearX lists 209 portfolio companies and has joined 58 funding rounds; StartX lists 773 companies and has joined 2 rounds. PearX comes in most often at Seed (56% of its entries), StartX comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries). 11 companies are on both portfolios, among them Branch, Expedock and FarmRaise.

209Portfolio companies773
58Funding rounds joined2
9Rounds led0
28Rounds, last 12 months1
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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PearX and StartX, head to head
PearXStartX
Portfolio companies209773
Funding rounds joined582
Rounds led90
Rounds, last 12 months281
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed56%0%
Series A35%100%
Series B6%0%
Growth4%0%

PearXStartX

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Entry stages of PearX and StartX, share of entries
PearXStartX
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed56%0%
Series A35%100%
Series B6%0%
Growth4%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning25%19%
Healthcare & Biotech15%25%
Fintech12%8%
Education6%9%
Enterprise Software8%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing4%6%

PearXStartX

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Themes of PearX and StartX, share of checked companies
PearXStartX
AI & Machine Learning25%19%
Healthcare & Biotech15%25%
Fintech12%8%
Education6%9%
Enterprise Software8%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing4%6%

Companies both back

11

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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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/pear.vc/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/startx.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/pear.vc/coinvestors
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