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Backstage Capital vs The Helm
Backstage Capital lists 110 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; The Helm lists 17 companies and has joined 3 rounds. The Helm comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Haute Hijab and Mahmee.
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| Backstage Capital | The Helm | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 110 | 17 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 3 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 2 |
| Typical round it comes in at | n/a | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageBackstage CapitalThe Helm
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| Backstage Capital | The Helm | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 67% |
| Series A | 0% | 33% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesBackstage CapitalThe Helm
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| Backstage Capital | The Helm | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 44% |
| Consumer | 14% | 0% |
| Education | 12% | 4% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 10% | 9% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 9% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 9% |
Companies both back
2Shared 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 Backstage Capital and The Helm 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/backstagecapital.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/thehelm.co/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/backstagecapital.com/coinvestors