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Northern Gritstone vs Octopus Ventures

Northern Gritstone lists 33 portfolio companies and has joined 13 funding rounds; Octopus Ventures lists 280 companies and has joined 32 rounds. Northern Gritstone comes in most often at Seed (62% of its entries), Octopus Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Pencil Biosciences and Phlux.

33Portfolio companies280
13Funding rounds joined32
10Rounds led10
11Rounds, last 12 months18
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Northern Gritstone and Octopus Ventures, head to head
Northern GritstoneOctopus Ventures
Portfolio companies33280
Funding rounds joined1332
Rounds led1010
Rounds, last 12 months1118
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%
Seed62%57%
Series A31%25%
Series B8%11%
Growth0%7%

Northern GritstoneOctopus Ventures

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Entry stages of Northern Gritstone and Octopus Ventures, share of entries
Northern GritstoneOctopus Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed62%57%
Series A31%25%
Series B8%11%
Growth0%7%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech30%19%
AI & Machine Learning24%19%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%4%
Fintech0%15%
Cybersecurity10%4%
Enterprise Software4%9%

Northern GritstoneOctopus Ventures

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Themes of Northern Gritstone and Octopus Ventures, share of checked companies
Northern GritstoneOctopus Ventures
Healthcare & Biotech30%19%
AI & Machine Learning24%19%
Industrial & Manufacturing16%4%
Fintech0%15%
Cybersecurity10%4%
Enterprise Software4%9%

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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