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Ground Up Ventures vs Light Ray Ventures

Ground Up Ventures lists 55 portfolio companies and has joined 6 funding rounds; Light Ray Ventures lists 7 companies and has joined 1 round. Ground Up Ventures comes in most often at Seed (80% of its entries), Light Ray Ventures comes in most often at Series B (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them HyWatts.

55Portfolio companies7
6Funding rounds joined1
2Rounds led0
4Rounds, last 12 months1
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Ground Up Ventures and Light Ray Ventures, head to head
Ground Up VenturesLight Ray Ventures
Portfolio companies557
Funding rounds joined61
Rounds led20
Rounds, last 12 months41
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-seed0%0%
Seed80%0%
Series A20%0%
Series B0%100%
Growth0%0%

Ground Up VenturesLight Ray Ventures

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Entry stages of Ground Up Ventures and Light Ray Ventures, share of entries
Ground Up VenturesLight Ray Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed80%0%
Series A20%0%
Series B0%100%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Industrial & Manufacturing4%42%
AI & Machine Learning26%17%
Education0%25%
Robotics & Hardware0%17%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%0%
Fintech11%0%

Ground Up VenturesLight Ray Ventures

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Themes of Ground Up Ventures and Light Ray Ventures, share of checked companies
Ground Up VenturesLight Ray Ventures
Industrial & Manufacturing4%42%
AI & Machine Learning26%17%
Education0%25%
Robotics & Hardware0%17%
E-commerce & Marketplaces12%0%
Fintech11%0%

Companies both back

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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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