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Vento vs Zest

Vento lists 195 portfolio companies and has joined 31 funding rounds; Zest lists 172 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Vento comes in most often at Seed (68% of its entries), Zest comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them CyLock, Welyk and Waveful.

195Portfolio companies172
31Funding rounds joined7
1Rounds led1
25Rounds, last 12 months4
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Vento and Zest, head to head
VentoZest
Portfolio companies195172
Funding rounds joined317
Rounds led11
Rounds, last 12 months254
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-seed23%0%
Seed68%100%
Series A10%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

VentoZest

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Entry stages of Vento and Zest, share of entries
VentoZest
Pre-seed23%0%
Seed68%100%
Series A10%0%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning27%17%
Fintech12%11%
Healthcare & Biotech11%7%
Enterprise Software8%6%
Education5%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%7%

VentoZest

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Themes of Vento and Zest, share of checked companies
VentoZest
AI & Machine Learning27%17%
Fintech12%11%
Healthcare & Biotech11%7%
Enterprise Software8%6%
Education5%7%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%7%

Companies both back

3

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
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/vento.ventures/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/zestgroup.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/vento.ventures/coinvestors
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