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StartX vs The MBA Fund

StartX lists 772 portfolio companies and has joined 2 funding rounds; The MBA Fund lists 145 companies and has joined 1 round. StartX comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries), The MBA Fund comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 17 companies are on both portfolios, among them Apprenta, DataFleets and Gable.

772Portfolio companies145
2Funding rounds joined1
0Rounds led0
1Rounds, last 12 months0
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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StartX and The MBA Fund, head to head
StartXThe MBA Fund
Portfolio companies772145
Funding rounds joined21
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months10
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A100%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

StartXThe MBA Fund

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Entry stages of StartX and The MBA Fund, share of entries
StartXThe MBA Fund
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%100%
Series A100%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech25%16%
AI & Machine Learning19%24%
Fintech8%13%
Education9%5%
Enterprise Software7%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%7%

StartXThe MBA Fund

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Themes of StartX and The MBA Fund, share of checked companies
StartXThe MBA Fund
Healthcare & Biotech25%16%
AI & Machine Learning19%24%
Fintech8%13%
Education9%5%
Enterprise Software7%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%7%

Companies both back

17

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

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GET /v1/firms/thembafund.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/startx.com/coinvestors
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