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Big Idea Ventures vs Purple Ventures

Big Idea Ventures lists 56 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; Purple Ventures lists 41 companies and has joined 22 rounds. Big Idea Ventures comes in most often at Seed (33% of its entries), Purple Ventures comes in most often at Seed (72% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Mewery.

56Portfolio companies41
3Funding rounds joined22
1Rounds led8
2Rounds, last 12 months9
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Big Idea Ventures and Purple Ventures, head to head
Big Idea VenturesPurple Ventures
Portfolio companies5641
Funding rounds joined322
Rounds led18
Rounds, last 12 months29
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%17%
Seed33%72%
Series A33%6%
Series B33%6%
Growth0%0%

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Entry stages of Big Idea Ventures and Purple Ventures, share of entries
Big Idea VenturesPurple Ventures
Pre-seed0%17%
Seed33%72%
Series A33%6%
Series B33%6%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Food & Agriculture42%0%
Healthcare & Biotech19%11%
AI & Machine Learning17%14%
Fintech6%16%
E-commerce & Marketplaces1%9%
Enterprise Software5%7%

Big Idea VenturesPurple Ventures

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Themes of Big Idea Ventures and Purple Ventures, share of checked companies
Big Idea VenturesPurple Ventures
Food & Agriculture42%0%
Healthcare & Biotech19%11%
AI & Machine Learning17%14%
Fintech6%16%
E-commerce & Marketplaces1%9%
Enterprise Software5%7%

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/purple-ventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/bigideaventures.com/coinvestors
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