Investors / Canaan / Compare with Forum Ventures
Canaan vs Forum Ventures
Canaan lists 201 portfolio companies and has joined 29 funding rounds; Forum Ventures lists 17 companies and has joined 10 rounds. Canaan comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), Forum Ventures comes in most often at Seed (78% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Fireflies.ai.
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| Canaan | Forum Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 201 | 17 |
| Funding rounds joined | 29 | 10 |
| Rounds led | 11 | 2 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 19 | 7 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageCanaanForum Ventures
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| Canaan | Forum Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 11% |
| Seed | 29% | 78% |
| Series A | 54% | 11% |
| Series B | 7% | 0% |
| Growth | 11% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesCanaanForum Ventures
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| Canaan | Forum Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 21% | 21% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 21% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 18% |
| Fintech | 12% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 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 Canaan and Forum Ventures 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/canaan.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/forumvc.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/canaan.com/coinvestors