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FirstCheck Africa vs Wayfinder Ventures
FirstCheck Africa lists 12 portfolio companies and has joined 2 funding rounds; Wayfinder Ventures lists 81 companies and has joined 7 rounds. FirstCheck Africa comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Wayfinder Ventures comes in most often at Series A (86% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Cleva.
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| FirstCheck Africa | Wayfinder Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 12 | 81 |
| Funding rounds joined | 2 | 7 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 1 | 5 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $1M to $5M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageFirstCheck AfricaWayfinder Ventures
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| FirstCheck Africa | Wayfinder Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 100% | 14% |
| Series A | 0% | 86% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesFirstCheck AfricaWayfinder Ventures
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| FirstCheck Africa | Wayfinder Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 30% | 18% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 5% | 30% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 20% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 20% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 10% | 9% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 10% |
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 FirstCheck Africa and Wayfinder 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/firstcheck.africa/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/wayfinder.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/firstcheck.africa/coinvestors