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Backbone Ventures vs Lightspeed Venture Partners

Backbone Ventures lists 40 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Lightspeed Venture Partners lists 575 companies and has joined 242 rounds. Backbone Ventures comes in most often at Seed (71% of its entries), Lightspeed Venture Partners comes in most often at Series A (31% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Immunos Therapeutics.

40Portfolio companies575
8Funding rounds joined242
1Rounds led94
3Rounds, last 12 months141
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Backbone Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, head to head
Backbone VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
Portfolio companies40575
Funding rounds joined8242
Rounds led194
Rounds, last 12 months3141
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed14%0%
Seed71%25%
Series A14%31%
Series B0%18%
Growth0%26%

Backbone VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners

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Entry stages of Backbone Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, share of entries
Backbone VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
Pre-seed14%0%
Seed71%25%
Series A14%31%
Series B0%18%
Growth0%26%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Healthcare & Biotech15%8%
Fintech14%14%
Enterprise Software0%12%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%4%
Food & Agriculture9%0%

Backbone VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners

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Themes of Backbone Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, share of checked companies
Backbone VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
AI & Machine Learning23%26%
Healthcare & Biotech15%8%
Fintech14%14%
Enterprise Software0%12%
Industrial & Manufacturing9%4%
Food & Agriculture9%0%

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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