Investors / Playground Global / Compare with StartX
Playground Global vs StartX
Playground Global lists 52 portfolio companies and has joined 22 funding rounds; StartX lists 771 companies and has joined 2 rounds. Playground Global comes in most often at Seed (41% of its entries), StartX comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Atomic AI and Branch.
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| Playground Global | StartX | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 52 | 771 |
| Funding rounds joined | 22 | 2 |
| Rounds led | 17 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 12 | 1 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $20M to $100M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stagePlayground GlobalStartX
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| Playground Global | StartX | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 41% | 0% |
| Series A | 27% | 100% |
| Series B | 18% | 0% |
| Growth | 14% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesPlayground GlobalStartX
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| Playground Global | StartX | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 36% | 19% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 22% | 25% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 13% | 6% |
| Education | 4% | 9% |
| Fintech | 0% | 8% |
| Enterprise Software | 2% | 7% |
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 Playground Global and StartX 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/playground.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/startx.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/playground.vc/coinvestors