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Mercuri vs Octopus Ventures

Mercuri lists 56 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Octopus Ventures lists 280 companies and has joined 32 rounds. Mercuri comes in most often at Seed (67% of its entries), Octopus Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Gibran and Papercup.

56Portfolio companies280
8Funding rounds joined32
2Rounds led10
5Rounds, last 12 months19
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Mercuri and Octopus Ventures, head to head
MercuriOctopus Ventures
Portfolio companies56280
Funding rounds joined832
Rounds led210
Rounds, last 12 months519
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%
Seed67%57%
Series A33%25%
Series B0%11%
Growth0%7%

MercuriOctopus Ventures

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Entry stages of Mercuri and Octopus Ventures, share of entries
MercuriOctopus Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed67%57%
Series A33%25%
Series B0%11%
Growth0%7%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning25%19%
Healthcare & Biotech0%19%
Media & Entertainment16%0%
Enterprise Software16%9%
Fintech3%15%
Education7%3%

MercuriOctopus Ventures

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Themes of Mercuri and Octopus Ventures, share of checked companies
MercuriOctopus Ventures
AI & Machine Learning25%19%
Healthcare & Biotech0%19%
Media & Entertainment16%0%
Enterprise Software16%9%
Fintech3%15%
Education7%3%

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/mercuri.vc/coinvestors
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