Investors / BlackWood / Compare with Octopus Ventures
BlackWood vs Octopus Ventures
BlackWood lists 26 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; Octopus Ventures lists 280 companies and has joined 32 rounds. BlackWood comes in most often at Seed (80% of its entries), Octopus Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Sidekick.
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| BlackWood | Octopus Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 26 | 280 |
| Funding rounds joined | 6 | 32 |
| Rounds led | 0 | 10 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 5 | 18 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $1M to $5M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageBlackWoodOctopus Ventures
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| BlackWood | Octopus Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 20% | 0% |
| Seed | 80% | 57% |
| Series A | 0% | 25% |
| Series B | 0% | 11% |
| Growth | 0% | 7% |
Themes
share of checked companiesBlackWoodOctopus Ventures
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| BlackWood | Octopus Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 44% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 7% | 19% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 0% | 19% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 4% | 9% |
Companies both back
1Shared companies are those both firms' own portfolio pages list, each checked against the company's site. The same comparison through the API is POST /v1/overlap, for up to 20 firms. How the data is graded
Compare BlackWood and Octopus Ventures as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/blackwood.vc/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/octopusventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/blackwood.vc/coinvestors