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Commerce Ventures vs Lightbank

Commerce Ventures lists 105 portfolio companies and has joined 25 funding rounds; Lightbank lists 125 companies and has joined 12 rounds. Commerce Ventures comes in most often at Series A (52% of its entries), Lightbank comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Footprint, Extend and Snapsheet.

105Portfolio companies125
25Funding rounds joined12
0Rounds led4
17Rounds, last 12 months9
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Commerce Ventures and Lightbank, head to head
Commerce VenturesLightbank
Portfolio companies105125
Funding rounds joined2512
Rounds led04
Rounds, last 12 months179
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%9%
Seed22%46%
Series A52%9%
Series B13%27%
Growth13%9%

Commerce VenturesLightbank

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Entry stages of Commerce Ventures and Lightbank, share of entries
Commerce VenturesLightbank
Pre-seed0%9%
Seed22%46%
Series A52%9%
Series B13%27%
Growth13%9%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech46%14%
AI & Machine Learning11%16%
E-commerce & Marketplaces16%6%
Healthcare & Biotech5%14%
Enterprise Software4%8%
Education0%7%

Commerce VenturesLightbank

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Themes of Commerce Ventures and Lightbank, share of checked companies
Commerce VenturesLightbank
Fintech46%14%
AI & Machine Learning11%16%
E-commerce & Marketplaces16%6%
Healthcare & Biotech5%14%
Enterprise Software4%8%
Education0%7%

Companies both back

3

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/commerce.vc/coinvestors
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