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BGF vs Guinness Ventures

BGF lists 339 portfolio companies and has joined 21 funding rounds; Guinness Ventures lists 29 companies and has joined 8 rounds. BGF comes in most often at Series A (63% of its entries), Guinness Ventures comes in most often at Series A (86% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Bbc Maestro.

339Portfolio companies29
21Funding rounds joined8
12Rounds led4
15Rounds, last 12 months6
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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BGF and Guinness Ventures, head to head
BGFGuinness Ventures
Portfolio companies33929
Funding rounds joined218
Rounds led124
Rounds, last 12 months156
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed5%0%
Series A63%86%
Series B21%14%
Growth11%0%

BGFGuinness Ventures

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Entry stages of BGF and Guinness Ventures, share of entries
BGFGuinness Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed5%0%
Series A63%86%
Series B21%14%
Growth11%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech19%31%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%2%
AI & Machine Learning10%12%
Education8%12%
Fintech6%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%10%

BGFGuinness Ventures

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Themes of BGF and Guinness Ventures, share of checked companies
BGFGuinness Ventures
Healthcare & Biotech19%31%
Industrial & Manufacturing13%2%
AI & Machine Learning10%12%
Education8%12%
Fintech6%10%
E-commerce & Marketplaces4%10%

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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