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Bison Ventures vs Lightspeed Venture Partners

Bison Ventures lists 19 portfolio companies and has joined 11 funding rounds; Lightspeed Venture Partners lists 575 companies and has joined 242 rounds. Bison Ventures comes in most often at Series A (50% of its entries), Lightspeed Venture Partners comes in most often at Series A (31% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Frontera and Thinking Machines.

19Portfolio companies575
11Funding rounds joined242
7Rounds led94
9Rounds, last 12 months141
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Bison Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, head to head
Bison VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
Portfolio companies19575
Funding rounds joined11242
Rounds led794
Rounds, last 12 months9141
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%
Seed20%25%
Series A50%31%
Series B30%18%
Growth0%26%

Bison VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners

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Entry stages of Bison Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, share of entries
Bison VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed20%25%
Series A50%31%
Series B30%18%
Growth0%26%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning52%26%
Healthcare & Biotech24%8%
Fintech0%14%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%4%
Enterprise Software3%12%
Cybersecurity3%8%

Bison VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners

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Themes of Bison Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, share of checked companies
Bison VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
AI & Machine Learning52%26%
Healthcare & Biotech24%8%
Fintech0%14%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%4%
Enterprise Software3%12%
Cybersecurity3%8%

Companies both back

2

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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