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First Light Capital vs Startmate

First Light Capital lists 33 portfolio companies and has joined 0 funding rounds; Startmate lists 190 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Startmate comes in most often at Seed (57% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them JustFund and Verve.

33Portfolio companies190
0Funding rounds joined7
0Rounds led2
0Rounds, last 12 months3
n/aTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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First Light Capital and Startmate, head to head
First Light CapitalStartmate
Portfolio companies33190
Funding rounds joined07
Rounds led02
Rounds, last 12 months03
Typical round it comes in atn/a$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%57%
Series A0%29%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%14%

First Light CapitalStartmate

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Entry stages of First Light Capital and Startmate, share of entries
First Light CapitalStartmate
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%57%
Series A0%29%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%14%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning7%21%
Fintech20%6%
Climate & Energy14%0%
Healthcare & Biotech6%14%
Space & Defense13%0%
Education9%11%

First Light CapitalStartmate

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Themes of First Light Capital and Startmate, share of checked companies
First Light CapitalStartmate
AI & Machine Learning7%21%
Fintech20%6%
Climate & Energy14%0%
Healthcare & Biotech6%14%
Space & Defense13%0%
Education9%11%

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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VCinfo API
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  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/firstlight.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/startmate.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/firstlight.vc/coinvestors
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