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Octopus Ventures vs The FSE Group

Octopus Ventures lists 280 portfolio companies and has joined 32 funding rounds; The FSE Group lists 222 companies and has joined 12 rounds. Octopus Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries), The FSE Group comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Fable Data and Zapnito.

280Portfolio companies222
32Funding rounds joined12
10Rounds led5
18Rounds, last 12 months8
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Octopus Ventures and The FSE Group, head to head
Octopus VenturesThe FSE Group
Portfolio companies280222
Funding rounds joined3212
Rounds led105
Rounds, last 12 months188
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed57%75%
Series A25%17%
Series B11%0%
Growth7%0%

Octopus VenturesThe FSE Group

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Entry stages of Octopus Ventures and The FSE Group, share of entries
Octopus VenturesThe FSE Group
Pre-seed0%8%
Seed57%75%
Series A25%17%
Series B11%0%
Growth7%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning19%13%
Healthcare & Biotech19%14%
Fintech15%6%
Industrial & Manufacturing4%12%
Enterprise Software9%7%
Food & Agriculture0%8%

Octopus VenturesThe FSE Group

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Themes of Octopus Ventures and The FSE Group, share of checked companies
Octopus VenturesThe FSE Group
AI & Machine Learning19%13%
Healthcare & Biotech19%14%
Fintech15%6%
Industrial & Manufacturing4%12%
Enterprise Software9%7%
Food & Agriculture0%8%

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/coinvestors
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