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Surface Ventures vs Techstars

Surface Ventures lists 4 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Techstars lists 1,968 companies and has joined 53 rounds. Surface Ventures comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them concordare.com.

4Portfolio companies1,968
4Funding rounds joined53
3Rounds led7
4Rounds, last 12 months29
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Surface Ventures and Techstars, head to head
Surface VenturesTechstars
Portfolio companies41,968
Funding rounds joined453
Rounds led37
Rounds, last 12 months429
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%

Surface VenturesTechstars

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Entry stages of Surface Ventures and Techstars, share of entries
Surface VenturesTechstars
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed100%74%
Series A0%14%
Series B0%4%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning40%20%
Healthcare & Biotech40%12%
Cybersecurity20%4%
Fintech0%11%
Education0%8%
Enterprise Software0%8%

Surface VenturesTechstars

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Themes of Surface Ventures and Techstars, share of checked companies
Surface VenturesTechstars
AI & Machine Learning40%20%
Healthcare & Biotech40%12%
Cybersecurity20%4%
Fintech0%11%
Education0%8%
Enterprise Software0%8%

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
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GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/surface.vc/coinvestors
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