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Blackfinch Ventures vs Empirical Ventures

Blackfinch Ventures lists 54 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Empirical Ventures lists 31 companies and has joined 15 rounds. Blackfinch Ventures comes in most often at Seed (88% of its entries), Empirical Ventures comes in most often at Seed (93% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them CheMastery and DiPOLE.

54Portfolio companies31
8Funding rounds joined15
4Rounds led6
6Rounds, last 12 months10
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Blackfinch Ventures and Empirical Ventures, head to head
Blackfinch VenturesEmpirical Ventures
Portfolio companies5431
Funding rounds joined815
Rounds led46
Rounds, last 12 months610
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed88%93%
Series A13%7%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Blackfinch VenturesEmpirical Ventures

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Entry stages of Blackfinch Ventures and Empirical Ventures, share of entries
Blackfinch VenturesEmpirical Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed88%93%
Series A13%7%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech10%42%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%22%
AI & Machine Learning17%13%
Human Resources8%0%
Space & Defense8%2%
Education7%7%

Blackfinch VenturesEmpirical Ventures

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Themes of Blackfinch Ventures and Empirical Ventures, share of checked companies
Blackfinch VenturesEmpirical Ventures
Healthcare & Biotech10%42%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%22%
AI & Machine Learning17%13%
Human Resources8%0%
Space & Defense8%2%
Education7%7%

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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GET /v1/firms/empiricalventures.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/blackfinch.ventures/coinvestors
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