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Union Square Ventures vs Variant
Union Square Ventures lists 218 portfolio companies and has joined 41 funding rounds; Variant lists 54 companies and has joined 24 rounds. Union Square Ventures comes in most often at Series A (28% of its entries), Variant comes in most often at Seed (48% of its entries). 7 companies are on both portfolios, among them Blackbird, The Clearing Company and Kiosk.
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| Union Square Ventures | Variant | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 218 | 54 |
| Funding rounds joined | 41 | 24 |
| Rounds led | 14 | 7 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 30 | 13 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageUnion Square VenturesVariant
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| Union Square Ventures | Variant | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 3% | 0% |
| Seed | 25% | 48% |
| Series A | 28% | 33% |
| Series B | 22% | 19% |
| Growth | 22% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesUnion Square VenturesVariant
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| Union Square Ventures | Variant | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 15% | 47% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 12% |
| Crypto & Web3 | 0% | 13% |
| Education | 13% | 0% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 0% |
| Media & Entertainment | 8% | 1% |
Companies both back
7Shared 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 Union Square Ventures and Variant 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.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
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- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/usv.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/variant.fund/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/usv.com/coinvestors