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Initial Capital vs Play Ventures
Initial Capital lists 4 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; Play Ventures lists 80 companies and has joined 16 rounds. Initial Capital comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries), Play Ventures comes in most often at Seed (60% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Traplight.
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| Initial Capital | Play Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 4 | 80 |
| Funding rounds joined | 3 | 16 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 3 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 9 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageInitial CapitalPlay Ventures
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| Initial Capital | Play Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 60% |
| Series A | 100% | 20% |
| Series B | 0% | 7% |
| Growth | 0% | 13% |
Themes
share of checked companiesInitial CapitalPlay Ventures
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| Initial Capital | Play Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Software | 43% | 22% |
| Gaming | 43% | 38% |
| Fintech | 14% | 10% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 0% | 10% |
| Media & Entertainment | 0% | 9% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 0% | 3% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare Initial Capital and Play Ventures as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/initialcapital.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/play.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/initialcapital.com/coinvestors