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Guinness Ventures vs Octopus Ventures

Guinness Ventures lists 30 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Octopus Ventures lists 280 companies and has joined 32 rounds. Guinness Ventures comes in most often at Series A (86% of its entries), Octopus Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Fable Data, percihealth.com and Anansi.

30Portfolio companies280
8Funding rounds joined32
4Rounds led10
6Rounds, last 12 months19
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Guinness Ventures and Octopus Ventures, head to head
Guinness VenturesOctopus Ventures
Portfolio companies30280
Funding rounds joined832
Rounds led410
Rounds, last 12 months619
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%57%
Series A86%25%
Series B14%11%
Growth0%7%

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Entry stages of Guinness Ventures and Octopus Ventures, share of entries
Guinness VenturesOctopus Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%57%
Series A86%25%
Series B14%11%
Growth0%7%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech30%19%
AI & Machine Learning12%19%
Fintech9%15%
Education12%3%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%6%
Enterprise Software0%9%

Guinness VenturesOctopus Ventures

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Themes of Guinness Ventures and Octopus Ventures, share of checked companies
Guinness VenturesOctopus Ventures
Healthcare & Biotech30%19%
AI & Machine Learning12%19%
Fintech9%15%
Education12%3%
E-commerce & Marketplaces9%6%
Enterprise Software0%9%

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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