Investors / Background Capital / Compare with Shine Capital
Background Capital vs Shine Capital
Background Capital lists 4 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Shine Capital lists 44 companies and has joined 17 rounds. Background Capital comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries), Shine Capital comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them AudioShake.
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| Background Capital | Shine Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 4 | 44 |
| Funding rounds joined | 4 | 17 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 7 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 10 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageBackground CapitalShine Capital
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| Background Capital | Shine Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 75% | 38% |
| Series A | 25% | 50% |
| Series B | 0% | 6% |
| Growth | 0% | 6% |
Themes
share of checked companiesBackground CapitalShine Capital
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| Background Capital | Shine Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 25% |
| Fintech | 0% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 13% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 13% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 13% | 7% |
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 Background Capital and Shine Capital 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/background.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/shine.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/background.vc/coinvestors