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Global Brain vs SMBC Venture Capital
Global Brain lists 428 portfolio companies and has joined 35 funding rounds; SMBC Venture Capital lists 103 companies and has joined 26 rounds. Global Brain comes in most often at Series A (41% of its entries), SMBC Venture Capital comes in most often at Seed (32% of its entries). 8 companies are on both portfolios, among them BASE, helpfeel.com and Logly.
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| Global Brain | SMBC Venture Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 428 | 103 |
| Funding rounds joined | 35 | 26 |
| Rounds led | 11 | 3 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 29 | 17 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageGlobal BrainSMBC Venture Capital
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| Global Brain | SMBC Venture Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 13% | 32% |
| Series A | 41% | 26% |
| Series B | 25% | 16% |
| Growth | 22% | 26% |
Themes
share of checked companiesGlobal BrainSMBC Venture Capital
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| Global Brain | SMBC Venture Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 13% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 11% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 9% |
| Fintech | 7% | 9% |
| Education | 6% | 8% |
Companies both back
8Shared 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 Global Brain and SMBC Venture Capital 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/globalbrains.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/smbc-vc.co.jp/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/globalbrains.com/coinvestors