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BYLD vs FirstCheck Africa
BYLD lists 28 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; FirstCheck Africa lists 12 companies and has joined 2 rounds. BYLD comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries), FirstCheck Africa comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Cleva.
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| BYLD | FirstCheck Africa | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 28 | 12 |
| Funding rounds joined | 4 | 2 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 2 | 1 |
| 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 stageBYLDFirstCheck Africa
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| BYLD | FirstCheck Africa | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 33% | 0% |
| Seed | 67% | 100% |
| Series A | 0% | 0% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesBYLDFirstCheck Africa
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| BYLD | FirstCheck Africa | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 50% | 30% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 20% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 20% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 10% | 5% |
| Space & Defense | 2% | 10% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 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 BYLD and FirstCheck Africa 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.
Work email, sign-in link by email. Already have an account? Log in- Ask AI5 plain-English investor searches a day
- 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/byld.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/firstcheck.africa/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/byld.vc/coinvestors