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Octopus Ventures vs The Players Fund

Octopus Ventures lists 280 portfolio companies and has joined 32 funding rounds; The Players Fund lists 28 companies and has joined 5 rounds. Octopus Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries), The Players Fund comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries). 4 companies are on both portfolios, among them connectome.health, Gibran and Ciao Ciao.

280Portfolio companies28
32Funding rounds joined5
10Rounds led0
19Rounds, last 12 months2
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Octopus Ventures and The Players Fund, head to head
Octopus VenturesThe Players Fund
Portfolio companies28028
Funding rounds joined325
Rounds led100
Rounds, last 12 months192
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%
Seed57%75%
Series A25%25%
Series B11%0%
Growth7%0%

Octopus VenturesThe Players Fund

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Entry stages of Octopus Ventures and The Players Fund, share of entries
Octopus VenturesThe Players Fund
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed57%75%
Series A25%25%
Series B11%0%
Growth7%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning19%18%
Healthcare & Biotech19%13%
Enterprise Software9%18%
Fintech15%13%
Legal & Compliance0%9%
Cybersecurity4%7%

Octopus VenturesThe Players Fund

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Themes of Octopus Ventures and The Players Fund, share of checked companies
Octopus VenturesThe Players Fund
AI & Machine Learning19%18%
Healthcare & Biotech19%13%
Enterprise Software9%18%
Fintech15%13%
Legal & Compliance0%9%
Cybersecurity4%7%

Companies both back

4

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/playersfund.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/octopusventures.com/coinvestors
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