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Techstars vs Ugly Duckling Ventures

Techstars lists 1,969 portfolio companies and has joined 53 funding rounds; Ugly Duckling Ventures lists 18 companies and has joined 10 rounds. Techstars comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries), Ugly Duckling Ventures comes in most often at Seed (86% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Kanda.

1,969Portfolio companies18
53Funding rounds joined10
7Rounds led8
29Rounds, last 12 months7
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Techstars and Ugly Duckling Ventures, head to head
TechstarsUgly Duckling Ventures
Portfolio companies1,96918
Funding rounds joined5310
Rounds led78
Rounds, last 12 months297
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-seed8%14%
Seed75%86%
Series A14%0%
Series B4%0%
Growth0%0%

TechstarsUgly Duckling Ventures

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Entry stages of Techstars and Ugly Duckling Ventures, share of entries
TechstarsUgly Duckling Ventures
Pre-seed8%14%
Seed75%86%
Series A14%0%
Series B4%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning20%23%
Education8%19%
Healthcare & Biotech12%13%
Fintech11%7%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Cybersecurity4%10%

TechstarsUgly Duckling Ventures

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Themes of Techstars and Ugly Duckling Ventures, share of checked companies
TechstarsUgly Duckling Ventures
AI & Machine Learning20%23%
Education8%19%
Healthcare & Biotech12%13%
Fintech11%7%
Enterprise Software8%10%
Cybersecurity4%10%

Companies both back

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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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GET /v1/firms/uglyduckling.ventures/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/techstars.com/coinvestors
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