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British Business Bank vs Necessary Ventures
British Business Bank lists 63 portfolio companies and has joined 63 funding rounds; Necessary Ventures lists 41 companies and has joined 7 rounds. British Business Bank comes in most often at Seed (32% of its entries), Necessary Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Wayve.
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| British Business Bank | Necessary Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 63 | 41 |
| Funding rounds joined | 63 | 7 |
| Rounds led | 13 | 1 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 49 | 4 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageBritish Business BankNecessary Ventures
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| British Business Bank | Necessary Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 4% | 0% |
| Seed | 32% | 57% |
| Series A | 22% | 14% |
| Series B | 16% | 14% |
| Growth | 26% | 14% |
Themes
share of checked companiesBritish Business BankNecessary Ventures
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| British Business Bank | Necessary Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 19% | 36% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 31% | 9% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 13% |
| Fintech | 8% | 13% |
| Education | 3% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 0% |
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 British Business Bank and Necessary 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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- 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
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/british-business-bank.co.uk/portfolio
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GET /v1/firms/necessary.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/british-business-bank.co.uk/coinvestors