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Benchstrength vs Perplexity Fund
Benchstrength lists 28 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; Perplexity Fund lists 22 companies and has joined 6 rounds. Benchstrength comes in most often at Series A (60% of its entries), Perplexity Fund comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Cashmere.
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| Benchstrength | Perplexity Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 28 | 22 |
| Funding rounds joined | 6 | 6 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 4 | 4 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageBenchstrengthPerplexity Fund
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| Benchstrength | Perplexity Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 20% | 67% |
| Series A | 60% | 33% |
| Series B | 20% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesBenchstrengthPerplexity Fund
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| Benchstrength | Perplexity Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 41% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 17% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 15% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 5% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 7% |
| Education | 4% | 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 Benchstrength and Perplexity Fund 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
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- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/benchstrengthvc.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/perplexityfund.ai/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/benchstrengthvc.com/coinvestors