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Golden Ventures vs Illuminate Financial

Golden Ventures lists 101 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; Illuminate Financial lists 52 companies and has joined 15 rounds. Golden Ventures comes in most often at Seed (42% of its entries), Illuminate Financial comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Arteria AI and Bunch.

101Portfolio companies52
12Funding rounds joined15
1Rounds led4
6Rounds, last 12 months10
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Golden Ventures and Illuminate Financial, head to head
Golden VenturesIlluminate Financial
Portfolio companies10152
Funding rounds joined1215
Rounds led14
Rounds, last 12 months610
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed17%0%
Seed42%0%
Series A25%54%
Series B8%39%
Growth8%8%

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Entry stages of Golden Ventures and Illuminate Financial, share of entries
Golden VenturesIlluminate Financial
Pre-seed17%0%
Seed42%0%
Series A25%54%
Series B8%39%
Growth8%8%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech16%47%
AI & Machine Learning20%18%
Enterprise Software10%6%
Space & Defense8%4%
Crypto & Web30%7%
Education6%0%

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Themes of Golden Ventures and Illuminate Financial, share of checked companies
Golden VenturesIlluminate Financial
Fintech16%47%
AI & Machine Learning20%18%
Enterprise Software10%6%
Space & Defense8%4%
Crypto & Web30%7%
Education6%0%

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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GET /v1/firms/illuminatefinancial.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/golden.ventures/coinvestors
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