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General Catalyst vs Lightbank
General Catalyst lists 615 portfolio companies and has joined 313 funding rounds; Lightbank lists 124 companies and has joined 12 rounds. General Catalyst comes in most often at Seed (35% of its entries), Lightbank comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Ionic and Re:Build Manufacturing.
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| General Catalyst | Lightbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 615 | 124 |
| Funding rounds joined | 313 | 12 |
| Rounds led | 129 | 4 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 173 | 9 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $5M to $20M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageGeneral CatalystLightbank
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| General Catalyst | Lightbank | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 1% | 9% |
| Seed | 35% | 46% |
| Series A | 27% | 9% |
| Series B | 14% | 27% |
| Growth | 22% | 9% |
Themes
share of checked companiesGeneral CatalystLightbank
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| General Catalyst | Lightbank | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 16% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 18% | 14% |
| Fintech | 12% | 14% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Education | 4% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
Companies both back
2Shared 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
Compare General Catalyst and Lightbank as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
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- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/generalcatalyst.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/lightbank.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/generalcatalyst.com/coinvestors