Investors / Octopus Ventures / Compare with VentureFriends
Octopus Ventures vs VentureFriends
Octopus Ventures lists 280 portfolio companies and has joined 32 funding rounds; VentureFriends lists 19 companies and has joined 13 rounds. Octopus Ventures comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries), VentureFriends comes in most often at Seed (75% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Poindexter Labs.
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| Octopus Ventures | VentureFriends | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 280 | 19 |
| Funding rounds joined | 32 | 13 |
| Rounds led | 10 | 8 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 19 | 8 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageOctopus VenturesVentureFriends
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| Octopus Ventures | VentureFriends | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 8% |
| Seed | 57% | 75% |
| Series A | 25% | 8% |
| Series B | 11% | 8% |
| Growth | 7% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesOctopus VenturesVentureFriends
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| Octopus Ventures | VentureFriends | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 25% |
| Fintech | 15% | 25% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 19% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 6% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 6% |
Companies both back
1Shared 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
Compare Octopus Ventures and VentureFriends as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/octopusventures.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/venturefriends.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/octopusventures.com/coinvestors