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Bcombinator vs Octopus Ventures

Bcombinator lists 63 portfolio companies and has joined 2 funding rounds; Octopus Ventures lists 280 companies and has joined 32 rounds. Bcombinator comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), Octopus Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them dost.io.

63Portfolio companies280
2Funding rounds joined32
2Rounds led10
2Rounds, last 12 months19
under $1MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Bcombinator and Octopus Ventures, head to head
BcombinatorOctopus Ventures
Portfolio companies63280
Funding rounds joined232
Rounds led210
Rounds, last 12 months219
Typical round it comes in atunder $1M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%57%
Series A0%25%
Series B0%11%
Growth0%7%

BcombinatorOctopus Ventures

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Entry stages of Bcombinator and Octopus Ventures, share of entries
BcombinatorOctopus Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%57%
Series A0%25%
Series B0%11%
Growth0%7%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning14%19%
Healthcare & Biotech11%19%
Education15%3%
Fintech14%15%
Enterprise Software8%9%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%6%

BcombinatorOctopus Ventures

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Themes of Bcombinator and Octopus Ventures, share of checked companies
BcombinatorOctopus Ventures
AI & Machine Learning14%19%
Healthcare & Biotech11%19%
Education15%3%
Fintech14%15%
Enterprise Software8%9%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%6%

Companies both back

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Shared 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

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GET /v1/firms/bcombinator.com/coinvestors
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