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Cantos vs The Helm
Cantos lists 34 portfolio companies and has joined 7 funding rounds; The Helm lists 17 companies and has joined 3 rounds. Cantos comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), The Helm comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Venus Aerospace.
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| Cantos | The Helm | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 34 | 17 |
| Funding rounds joined | 7 | 3 |
| Rounds led | 1 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 3 | 2 |
| 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 stageCantosThe Helm
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| Cantos | The Helm | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 50% | 67% |
| Series A | 17% | 33% |
| Series B | 33% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesCantosThe Helm
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| Cantos | The Helm | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 16% | 44% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 9% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 28% | 0% |
| Education | 9% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 0% | 9% |
| Media & Entertainment | 0% | 9% |
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 Cantos 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
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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/cantos.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/thehelm.co/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/cantos.vc/coinvestors