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British Business Bank vs Episode 1

British Business Bank lists 63 portfolio companies and has joined 63 funding rounds; Episode 1 lists 70 companies and has joined 13 rounds. British Business Bank comes in most often at Seed (32% of its entries), Episode 1 comes in most often at Seed (73% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Refute.

63Portfolio companies70
63Funding rounds joined13
13Rounds led7
49Rounds, last 12 months7
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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British Business Bank and Episode 1, head to head
British Business BankEpisode 1
Portfolio companies6370
Funding rounds joined6313
Rounds led137
Rounds, last 12 months497
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-seed4%18%
Seed32%73%
Series A22%9%
Series B16%0%
Growth26%0%

British Business BankEpisode 1

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Entry stages of British Business Bank and Episode 1, share of entries
British Business BankEpisode 1
Pre-seed4%18%
Seed32%73%
Series A22%9%
Series B16%0%
Growth26%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning31%22%
Healthcare & Biotech19%8%
Fintech8%14%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%4%
Enterprise Software7%8%
Cybersecurity7%7%

British Business BankEpisode 1

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Themes of British Business Bank and Episode 1, share of checked companies
British Business BankEpisode 1
AI & Machine Learning31%22%
Healthcare & Biotech19%8%
Fintech8%14%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%4%
Enterprise Software7%8%
Cybersecurity7%7%

Companies both back

1

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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Compare British Business Bank and Episode 1 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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  • Ask AI5 plain-English investor searches a day
  • Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
  • API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
  • AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/british-business-bank.co.uk/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/episode1.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/british-business-bank.co.uk/coinvestors
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