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Playfair Capital vs Techstars

Playfair Capital lists 63 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Playfair Capital comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Material Evolution, Ravelin and Sprout.ai.

63Portfolio companies1,968
12Funding rounds joined53
7Rounds led7
8Rounds, last 12 months29
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Playfair Capital and Techstars, head to head
Playfair CapitalTechstars
Portfolio companies631,968
Funding rounds joined1253
Rounds led77
Rounds, last 12 months829
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed36%8%
Seed46%74%
Series A18%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Playfair CapitalTechstars

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Entry stages of Playfair Capital and Techstars, share of entries
Playfair CapitalTechstars
Pre-seed36%8%
Seed46%74%
Series A18%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning32%20%
Healthcare & Biotech7%12%
Fintech7%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%7%
Education6%8%
Enterprise Software4%8%

Playfair CapitalTechstars

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Themes of Playfair Capital and Techstars, share of checked companies
Playfair CapitalTechstars
AI & Machine Learning32%20%
Healthcare & Biotech7%12%
Fintech7%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%7%
Education6%8%
Enterprise Software4%8%

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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GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/playfair.vc/coinvestors
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