Investors / The Helm / Compare with XFactor Ventures
The Helm vs XFactor Ventures
The Helm lists 17 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; XFactor Ventures lists 73 companies and has joined 1 round. The Helm comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries), XFactor Ventures comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them BoobyBiome, it's electric and Venus Aerospace.
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| The Helm | XFactor Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 17 | 73 |
| Funding rounds joined | 3 | 1 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 0 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 2 | 0 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageThe HelmXFactor Ventures
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| The Helm | XFactor Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 67% | 100% |
| Series A | 33% | 0% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesThe HelmXFactor Ventures
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| The Helm | XFactor Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 44% | 19% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 9% | 17% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 0% |
| Fintech | 4% | 8% |
| Consumer | 0% | 7% |
Companies both back
3Shared 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 The Helm and XFactor 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/thehelm.co/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/xfactor.ventures/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/thehelm.co/coinvestors