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First Cheque vs Rainmatter
First Cheque lists 92 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Rainmatter lists 67 companies and has joined 37 rounds. First Cheque comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries), Rainmatter comes in most often at Seed (37% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Wint Wealth.
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| First Cheque | Rainmatter | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 92 | 67 |
| Funding rounds joined | 4 | 37 |
| Rounds led | 2 | 19 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 4 | 27 |
| 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 stageFirst ChequeRainmatter
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| First Cheque | Rainmatter | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 25% | 0% |
| Seed | 75% | 37% |
| Series A | 0% | 37% |
| Series B | 0% | 17% |
| Growth | 0% | 9% |
Themes
share of checked companiesFirst ChequeRainmatter
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| First Cheque | Rainmatter | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 17% | 46% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 11% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 14% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 0% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 0% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 0% | 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 First Cheque and Rainmatter 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/firstcheque.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/rainmatter.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/firstcheque.vc/coinvestors