Investors / FIRSTPICK / Compare with Shilling
FIRSTPICK vs Shilling
FIRSTPICK lists 46 portfolio companies and has joined 16 funding rounds; Shilling lists 71 companies and has joined 11 rounds. FIRSTPICK comes in most often at Seed (73% of its entries), Shilling comes in most often at Seed (56% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them algori.ai.
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| FIRSTPICK | Shilling | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 46 | 71 |
| Funding rounds joined | 16 | 11 |
| Rounds led | 5 | 4 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 10 | 4 |
| 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 stageFIRSTPICKShilling
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| FIRSTPICK | Shilling | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 20% | 0% |
| Seed | 73% | 56% |
| Series A | 7% | 33% |
| Series B | 0% | 11% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesFIRSTPICKShilling
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| FIRSTPICK | Shilling | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 19% |
| Fintech | 13% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 13% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 10% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 10% |
| Consumer | 7% | 6% |
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 FIRSTPICK and Shilling 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/firstpick.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/shilling.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/firstpick.vc/coinvestors