Investors / Picks and Shovels / Compare with Zero Index
Picks and Shovels vs Zero Index
Picks and Shovels lists 15 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Zero Index lists 61 companies and has joined 1 round. Zero Index comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Mastra AI.
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| Picks and Shovels | Zero Index | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 15 | 61 |
| Funding rounds joined | 0 | 1 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 0 | 1 |
| Typical round it comes in at | n/a | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stagePicks and ShovelsZero Index
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| Picks and Shovels | Zero Index | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 100% |
| Series A | 0% | 0% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesPicks and ShovelsZero Index
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| Picks and Shovels | Zero Index | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 32% | 5% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 30% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 8% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 10% |
| Cybersecurity | 0% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 8% |
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 Picks and Shovels and Zero Index 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/picksandshovelsvc.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/zeroindex.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/picksandshovelsvc.com/coinvestors