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BGF vs Episode 1

BGF lists 339 portfolio companies and has joined 21 funding rounds; Episode 1 lists 70 companies and has joined 13 rounds. BGF comes in most often at Series A (63% of its entries), Episode 1 comes in most often at Seed (73% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Global App Testing and Triptease.

339Portfolio companies70
21Funding rounds joined13
12Rounds led7
15Rounds, last 12 months7
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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BGF and Episode 1, head to head
BGFEpisode 1
Portfolio companies33970
Funding rounds joined2113
Rounds led127
Rounds, last 12 months157
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%18%
Seed5%73%
Series A63%9%
Series B21%0%
Growth11%0%

BGFEpisode 1

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Entry stages of BGF and Episode 1, share of entries
BGFEpisode 1
Pre-seed0%18%
Seed5%73%
Series A63%9%
Series B21%0%
Growth11%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning10%22%
Healthcare & Biotech19%8%
Fintech6%14%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%4%
Education8%3%
Enterprise Software7%8%

BGFEpisode 1

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Themes of BGF and Episode 1, share of checked companies
BGFEpisode 1
AI & Machine Learning10%22%
Healthcare & Biotech19%8%
Fintech6%14%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%4%
Education8%3%
Enterprise Software7%8%

Companies both back

2

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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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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/bgf.co.uk/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/episode1.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/bgf.co.uk/coinvestors
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