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500 Global vs Luminate

500 Global lists 32 portfolio companies and has joined 34 funding rounds; Luminate lists 69 companies and has joined 4 rounds. 500 Global comes in most often at Seed (55% of its entries), Luminate comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them LightSpeed Photonics.

32Portfolio companies69
34Funding rounds joined4
6Rounds led1
28Rounds, last 12 months3
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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500 Global and Luminate, head to head
500 GlobalLuminate
Portfolio companies3269
Funding rounds joined344
Rounds led61
Rounds, last 12 months283
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-seed6%0%
Seed55%50%
Series A27%25%
Series B9%0%
Growth3%25%

500 GlobalLuminate

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Entry stages of 500 Global and Luminate, share of entries
500 GlobalLuminate
Pre-seed6%0%
Seed55%50%
Series A27%25%
Series B9%0%
Growth3%25%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning31%23%
Healthcare & Biotech0%29%
Industrial & Manufacturing0%27%
Fintech16%0%
Media & Entertainment6%0%
Human Resources6%1%

500 GlobalLuminate

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Themes of 500 Global and Luminate, share of checked companies
500 GlobalLuminate
AI & Machine Learning31%23%
Healthcare & Biotech0%29%
Industrial & Manufacturing0%27%
Fintech16%0%
Media & Entertainment6%0%
Human Resources6%1%

Companies both back

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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/luminate.org/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/500.co/coinvestors
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