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Sapphire Ventures vs Techstars

Sapphire Ventures lists 174 portfolio companies and has joined 38 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Sapphire Ventures comes in most often at Growth (71% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 6 companies are on both portfolios, among them Degreed, Gorgias and Jeeva.AI.

174Portfolio companies1,968
38Funding rounds joined53
8Rounds led7
23Rounds, last 12 months29
$100M or moreTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Sapphire Ventures and Techstars, head to head
Sapphire VenturesTechstars
Portfolio companies1741,968
Funding rounds joined3853
Rounds led87
Rounds, last 12 months2329
Typical round it comes in at$100M or more$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed7%74%
Series A3%14%
Series B19%4%
Growth71%0%

Sapphire VenturesTechstars

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Entry stages of Sapphire Ventures and Techstars, share of entries
Sapphire VenturesTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed7%74%
Series A3%14%
Series B19%4%
Growth71%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning27%20%
Enterprise Software16%8%
Cybersecurity13%4%
Healthcare & Biotech5%12%
Fintech12%11%
Education4%8%

Sapphire VenturesTechstars

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Themes of Sapphire Ventures and Techstars, share of checked companies
Sapphire VenturesTechstars
AI & Machine Learning27%20%
Enterprise Software16%8%
Cybersecurity13%4%
Healthcare & Biotech5%12%
Fintech12%11%
Education4%8%

Companies both back

6

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/sapphireventures.com/coinvestors
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