Investors / 42CAP / Compare with Canaan
42CAP vs Canaan
42CAP lists 52 portfolio companies and has joined 14 funding rounds; Canaan lists 201 companies and has joined 29 rounds. 42CAP comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries), Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Novee.
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| 42CAP | Canaan | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 52 | 201 |
| Funding rounds joined | 14 | 29 |
| Rounds led | 9 | 11 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 10 | 19 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $1M to $5M | $20M to $100M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stage42CAPCanaan
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| 42CAP | Canaan | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 71% | 29% |
| Series A | 14% | 54% |
| Series B | 14% | 7% |
| Growth | 0% | 11% |
Themes
share of checked companies42CAPCanaan
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| 42CAP | Canaan | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 32% | 17% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 3% | 21% |
| Enterprise Software | 16% | 7% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 11% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 10% | 5% |
Companies both back
1Shared 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 42CAP and Canaan 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
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/42cap.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/canaan.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/42cap.com/coinvestors