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Techstars vs Union Square Ventures

Techstars lists 1,968 portfolio companies and has joined 53 funding rounds; Union Square Ventures lists 218 companies and has joined 41 rounds. Techstars comes in most often at Seed (74% of its entries), Union Square Ventures comes in most often at Series A (28% of its entries). 5 companies are on both portfolios, among them Arweave, Pilot and SmartHop.

1,968Portfolio companies218
53Funding rounds joined41
7Rounds led14
29Rounds, last 12 months30
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Techstars and Union Square Ventures, head to head
TechstarsUnion Square Ventures
Portfolio companies1,968218
Funding rounds joined5341
Rounds led714
Rounds, last 12 months2930
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed8%3%
Seed74%25%
Series A14%28%
Series B4%22%
Growth0%22%

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Entry stages of Techstars and Union Square Ventures, share of entries
TechstarsUnion Square Ventures
Pre-seed8%3%
Seed74%25%
Series A14%28%
Series B4%22%
Growth0%22%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning20%15%
Fintech11%15%
Education8%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%9%
Media & Entertainment4%8%
Enterprise Software8%8%

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Themes of Techstars and Union Square Ventures, share of checked companies
TechstarsUnion Square Ventures
AI & Machine Learning20%15%
Fintech11%15%
Education8%13%
Healthcare & Biotech12%9%
Media & Entertainment4%8%
Enterprise Software8%8%

Companies both back

5

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