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British Business Bank vs Octopus Ventures

British Business Bank lists 63 portfolio companies and has joined 63 funding rounds; Octopus Ventures lists 280 companies and has joined 32 rounds. British Business Bank comes in most often at Seed (32% of its entries), Octopus Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them livingoptics.com and Quantum Motion.

63Portfolio companies280
63Funding rounds joined32
13Rounds led10
49Rounds, last 12 months18
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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British Business Bank and Octopus Ventures, head to head
British Business BankOctopus Ventures
Portfolio companies63280
Funding rounds joined6332
Rounds led1310
Rounds, last 12 months4918
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed4%0%
Seed32%57%
Series A22%25%
Series B16%11%
Growth26%7%

British Business BankOctopus Ventures

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Entry stages of British Business Bank and Octopus Ventures, share of entries
British Business BankOctopus Ventures
Pre-seed4%0%
Seed32%57%
Series A22%25%
Series B16%11%
Growth26%7%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning31%19%
Healthcare & Biotech19%19%
Fintech8%15%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%4%
Enterprise Software7%9%
Cybersecurity7%4%

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Themes of British Business Bank and Octopus Ventures, share of checked companies
British Business BankOctopus Ventures
AI & Machine Learning31%19%
Healthcare & Biotech19%19%
Fintech8%15%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%4%
Enterprise Software7%9%
Cybersecurity7%4%

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/octopusventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/british-business-bank.co.uk/coinvestors
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