This is the Relational Map for the combined network of two mid-sized Venture Capital firms: Aspen Ventures and Novus Ventures. This map is fairly busy and approaching a point where the map would become impossible to read. This may be a map that offers a good opportunity to employ filters if you can determine a certain cut of this network on which you would like to focus. Early stage companies? Late Stage? Corporate Investors only?

As busy as this map is, there is still interesting information that is plainly visible. The companies that cluster between the two Target Nodes are their common investments, and there are several of them, including StarVox Communications and Micro Linear. Similarly, the Investor nodes that are positioned in the center are there because they also share common investments with the two Target Nodes. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Oak Investment Partners probably have multiple common companies with the two Target Nodes. This can be determined by mapping them against each of the two Target Nodes to see exactly what they have in common.