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Empirical Ventures vs Northern Gritstone

Empirical Ventures lists 31 portfolio companies and has joined 15 funding rounds; Northern Gritstone lists 32 companies and has joined 13 rounds. Empirical Ventures comes in most often at Seed (93% of its entries), Northern Gritstone comes in most often at Seed (62% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Exciting Instruments, QV Bioelectronics and Silveray.

31Portfolio companies32
15Funding rounds joined13
6Rounds led10
11Rounds, last 12 months11
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Empirical Ventures and Northern Gritstone, head to head
Empirical VenturesNorthern Gritstone
Portfolio companies3132
Funding rounds joined1513
Rounds led610
Rounds, last 12 months1111
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed93%62%
Series A7%31%
Series B0%8%
Growth0%0%

Empirical VenturesNorthern Gritstone

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Entry stages of Empirical Ventures and Northern Gritstone, share of entries
Empirical VenturesNorthern Gritstone
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed93%62%
Series A7%31%
Series B0%8%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech42%30%
AI & Machine Learning13%24%
Industrial & Manufacturing22%14%
Cybersecurity0%10%
Education7%2%
Robotics & Hardware2%6%

Empirical VenturesNorthern Gritstone

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Themes of Empirical Ventures and Northern Gritstone, share of checked companies
Empirical VenturesNorthern Gritstone
Healthcare & Biotech42%30%
AI & Machine Learning13%24%
Industrial & Manufacturing22%14%
Cybersecurity0%10%
Education7%2%
Robotics & Hardware2%6%

Companies both back

3

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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