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Alter Global vs Illuminate Financial

Alter Global lists 31 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Illuminate Financial lists 52 companies and has joined 15 rounds. Alter Global comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Illuminate Financial comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Lorum.

31Portfolio companies52
4Funding rounds joined15
0Rounds led4
3Rounds, last 12 months10
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Alter Global and Illuminate Financial, head to head
Alter GlobalIlluminate Financial
Portfolio companies3152
Funding rounds joined415
Rounds led04
Rounds, last 12 months310
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%0%
Series A50%54%
Series B0%39%
Growth0%8%

Alter GlobalIlluminate Financial

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Entry stages of Alter Global and Illuminate Financial, share of entries
Alter GlobalIlluminate Financial
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%0%
Series A50%54%
Series B0%39%
Growth0%8%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech46%47%
E-commerce & Marketplaces19%3%
AI & Machine Learning10%18%
Education8%0%
Crypto & Web30%7%
Enterprise Software2%6%

Alter GlobalIlluminate Financial

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Themes of Alter Global and Illuminate Financial, share of checked companies
Alter GlobalIlluminate Financial
Fintech46%47%
E-commerce & Marketplaces19%3%
AI & Machine Learning10%18%
Education8%0%
Crypto & Web30%7%
Enterprise Software2%6%

Companies both back

1

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/alter.vc/coinvestors
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