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SHIFT Invest vs Zest

SHIFT Invest lists 60 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; Zest lists 172 companies and has joined 7 rounds. SHIFT Invest comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries), Zest comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them SOLHO.

60Portfolio companies172
7Funding rounds joined7
3Rounds led1
6Rounds, last 12 months4
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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SHIFT Invest and Zest, head to head
SHIFT InvestZest
Portfolio companies60172
Funding rounds joined77
Rounds led31
Rounds, last 12 months64
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed57%100%
Series A29%0%
Series B14%0%
Growth0%0%

SHIFT InvestZest

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Entry stages of SHIFT Invest and Zest, share of entries
SHIFT InvestZest
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed57%100%
Series A29%0%
Series B14%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning31%17%
Industrial & Manufacturing27%7%
Education13%7%
Fintech0%11%
Healthcare & Biotech7%7%
Real Estate & Construction0%7%

SHIFT InvestZest

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Themes of SHIFT Invest and Zest, share of checked companies
SHIFT InvestZest
AI & Machine Learning31%17%
Industrial & Manufacturing27%7%
Education13%7%
Fintech0%11%
Healthcare & Biotech7%7%
Real Estate & Construction0%7%

Companies both back

1

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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/shiftinvest.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/zestgroup.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/shiftinvest.com/coinvestors
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