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Techstars vs The Council
Techstars lists 1,968 portfolio companies and has joined 53 funding rounds; The Council lists 28 companies and has joined 5 rounds. Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries), The Council comes in most often at Seed (40% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Arvist, oscar and Rezilient.
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| Techstars | The Council | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 1,968 | 28 |
| Funding rounds joined | 53 | 5 |
| Rounds led | 7 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 29 | 3 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $1M to $5M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageTechstarsThe Council
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| Techstars | The Council | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 8% | 20% |
| Seed | 74% | 40% |
| Series A | 14% | 20% |
| Series B | 4% | 20% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesTechstarsThe Council
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| Techstars | The Council | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 19% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 17% |
| Fintech | 11% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 13% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 13% |
| Legal & Compliance | 0% | 10% |
Companies both back
3Shared 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
Compare Techstars and The Council as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
Work email, sign-in link by email. Already have an account? Log in- Ask AI5 plain-English investor searches a day
- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/techstars.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/thecouncil.co/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/coinvestors