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British Business Bank vs Northern Gritstone
British Business Bank lists 63 portfolio companies and has joined 63 funding rounds; Northern Gritstone lists 33 companies and has joined 13 rounds. British Business Bank comes in most often at Seed (32% of its entries), Northern Gritstone comes in most often at Seed (62% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Optalysys.
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| British Business Bank | Northern Gritstone | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 63 | 33 |
| Funding rounds joined | 63 | 13 |
| Rounds led | 13 | 10 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 49 | 11 |
| 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 BankNorthern Gritstone
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| British Business Bank | Northern Gritstone | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 4% | 0% |
| Seed | 32% | 62% |
| Series A | 22% | 31% |
| Series B | 16% | 8% |
| Growth | 26% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesBritish Business BankNorthern Gritstone
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| British Business Bank | Northern Gritstone | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 31% | 24% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 19% | 30% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 16% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 10% |
| Fintech | 8% | 0% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 4% |
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 Northern Gritstone 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
# also
GET /v1/firms/northern-gritstone.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/british-business-bank.co.uk/coinvestors