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8VC vs Lightspeed Venture Partners

8VC lists 202 portfolio companies and has joined 101 funding rounds; Lightspeed Venture Partners lists 575 companies and has joined 242 rounds. 8VC comes in most often at Series A (34% of its entries), Lightspeed Venture Partners comes in most often at Series A (31% of its entries). 14 companies are on both portfolios, among them Anduril, Blend and Cognition.

202Portfolio companies575
101Funding rounds joined242
25Rounds led94
68Rounds, last 12 months141
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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8VC and Lightspeed Venture Partners, head to head
8VCLightspeed Venture Partners
Portfolio companies202575
Funding rounds joined101242
Rounds led2594
Rounds, last 12 months68141
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed20%25%
Series A34%31%
Series B21%18%
Growth24%26%

8VCLightspeed Venture Partners

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Entry stages of 8VC and Lightspeed Venture Partners, share of entries
8VCLightspeed Venture Partners
Pre-seed1%0%
Seed20%25%
Series A34%31%
Series B21%18%
Growth24%26%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning28%26%
Healthcare & Biotech23%8%
Fintech11%14%
Enterprise Software9%12%
Cybersecurity5%8%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%

8VCLightspeed Venture Partners

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Themes of 8VC and Lightspeed Venture Partners, share of checked companies
8VCLightspeed Venture Partners
AI & Machine Learning28%26%
Healthcare & Biotech23%8%
Fintech11%14%
Enterprise Software9%12%
Cybersecurity5%8%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%4%

Companies both back

14

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/lsvp.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/8vc.com/coinvestors
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