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Base Case Capital vs Picks and Shovels

Base Case Capital lists 30 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Picks and Shovels lists 15 companies and has joined 0 rounds. Base Case Capital comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Default and Mastra AI.

30Portfolio companies15
8Funding rounds joined0
1Rounds led0
5Rounds, last 12 months0
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in atn/a
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Base Case Capital and Picks and Shovels, head to head
Base Case CapitalPicks and Shovels
Portfolio companies3015
Funding rounds joined80
Rounds led10
Rounds, last 12 months50
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5Mn/a
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed67%0%
Series A17%0%
Series B17%0%
Growth0%0%

Base Case CapitalPicks and Shovels

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Entry stages of Base Case Capital and Picks and Shovels, share of entries
Base Case CapitalPicks and Shovels
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed67%0%
Series A17%0%
Series B17%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech6%33%
AI & Machine Learning32%17%
Healthcare & Biotech6%13%
Space & Defense11%4%
Enterprise Software11%8%
Cybersecurity8%0%

Base Case CapitalPicks and Shovels

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Themes of Base Case Capital and Picks and Shovels, share of checked companies
Base Case CapitalPicks and Shovels
Fintech6%33%
AI & Machine Learning32%17%
Healthcare & Biotech6%13%
Space & Defense11%4%
Enterprise Software11%8%
Cybersecurity8%0%

Companies both back

2

Shared 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

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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/basecase.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/picksandshovelsvc.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/basecase.vc/coinvestors
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