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Startup Wise Guys vs Techstars

Startup Wise Guys lists 210 portfolio companies and has joined 9 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Startup Wise Guys comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Deliverart and S.Lab.

210Portfolio companies1,968
9Funding rounds joined53
3Rounds led7
2Rounds, last 12 months29
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Startup Wise Guys and Techstars, head to head
Startup Wise GuysTechstars
Portfolio companies2101,968
Funding rounds joined953
Rounds led37
Rounds, last 12 months229
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-seed0%8%
Seed100%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Startup Wise GuysTechstars

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Entry stages of Startup Wise Guys and Techstars, share of entries
Startup Wise GuysTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed100%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning16%20%
Fintech14%11%
Healthcare & Biotech5%12%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%7%
Enterprise Software8%8%
Education6%8%

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Themes of Startup Wise Guys and Techstars, share of checked companies
Startup Wise GuysTechstars
AI & Machine Learning16%20%
Fintech14%11%
Healthcare & Biotech5%12%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%7%
Enterprise Software8%8%
Education6%8%

Companies both back

2

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
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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/startupwiseguys.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/startupwiseguys.com/coinvestors
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