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8X Ventures vs Luminate

8X Ventures lists 16 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; Luminate lists 69 companies and has joined 4 rounds. 8X Ventures comes in most often at Series A (60% of its entries), Luminate comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them LightSpeed Photonics.

16Portfolio companies69
6Funding rounds joined4
0Rounds led1
5Rounds, last 12 months3
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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8X Ventures and Luminate, head to head
8X VenturesLuminate
Portfolio companies1669
Funding rounds joined64
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months53
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%
Seed40%50%
Series A60%25%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%25%

8X VenturesLuminate

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Entry stages of 8X Ventures and Luminate, share of entries
8X VenturesLuminate
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed40%50%
Series A60%25%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%25%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning41%23%
Healthcare & Biotech7%29%
Industrial & Manufacturing24%27%
Space & Defense7%3%
Robotics & Hardware3%5%
Consumer0%5%

8X VenturesLuminate

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Themes of 8X Ventures and Luminate, share of checked companies
8X VenturesLuminate
AI & Machine Learning41%23%
Healthcare & Biotech7%29%
Industrial & Manufacturing24%27%
Space & Defense7%3%
Robotics & Hardware3%5%
Consumer0%5%

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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VCinfo API
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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/8xventures.co/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/luminate.org/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/8xventures.co/coinvestors
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