Investors / 42CAP / Compare with Hard2beat
42CAP vs Hard2beat
42CAP lists 52 portfolio companies and has joined 14 funding rounds; Hard2beat lists 12 companies and has joined 6 rounds. 42CAP comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries), Hard2beat comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them SimplyBlock.
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| 42CAP | Hard2beat | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 52 | 12 |
| Funding rounds joined | 14 | 6 |
| Rounds led | 9 | 4 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 10 | 3 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $1M to $5M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stage42CAPHard2beat
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| 42CAP | Hard2beat | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 71% | 100% |
| Series A | 14% | 0% |
| Series B | 14% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companies42CAPHard2beat
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| 42CAP | Hard2beat | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 32% | 32% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 3% | 26% |
| Enterprise Software | 16% | 16% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 11% | 0% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 11% |
| 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 Hard2beat 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/hard2beat.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/42cap.com/coinvestors