# Portfolio

Concept · [Programs and community](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/community)

Also called: portfolio company, portfolio companies, portco, investment portfolio

The set of companies that an investor has funded, or that a program supports. Each one is a portfolio company.

**For example:** A [venture fund](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/venture-capital) has invested in 20 startups. Those 20 companies are its portfolio.

## Connects to (5)

- [Venture capital](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/venture-capital): Money that professional investment firms put into young companies in exchange for equity.
- [Accelerator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/accelerator): A program with a fixed length that helps a group of early companies grow faster through coaching, introductions and sometimes funding.
- [Alumni](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/alumni): The founders and companies that finished a program in the past.
- [Limited partner](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/limited-partner): An investor who puts money into a venture fund.
- [Apricot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/apricot): A software company that makes an AI documentation tool for home health care.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/portfolio