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Bessemer Venture Partners vs Lightspeed Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners lists 496 portfolio companies and has joined 157 funding rounds; Lightspeed Venture Partners lists 575 companies and has joined 242 rounds. Bessemer Venture Partners comes in most often at Seed (28% of its entries), Lightspeed Venture Partners comes in most often at Series A (31% of its entries). 25 companies are on both portfolios, among them Abridge, Anthropic and Axonius.

496Portfolio companies575
157Funding rounds joined242
74Rounds led94
95Rounds, last 12 months141
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Bessemer Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners, head to head
Bessemer Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture Partners
Portfolio companies496575
Funding rounds joined157242
Rounds led7494
Rounds, last 12 months95141
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-seed0%0%
Seed28%25%
Series A24%31%
Series B24%18%
Growth24%26%

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Entry stages of Bessemer Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners, share of entries
Bessemer Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture Partners
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed28%25%
Series A24%31%
Series B24%18%
Growth24%26%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%26%
Fintech12%14%
Enterprise Software12%12%
Healthcare & Biotech12%8%
Cybersecurity9%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%

Bessemer Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture Partners

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Themes of Bessemer Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners, share of checked companies
Bessemer Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture Partners
AI & Machine Learning22%26%
Fintech12%14%
Enterprise Software12%12%
Healthcare & Biotech12%8%
Cybersecurity9%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces7%5%

Companies both back

25

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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