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Illuminate Financial vs SMBC Asia Rising Fund

Illuminate Financial lists 52 portfolio companies and has joined 15 funding rounds; SMBC Asia Rising Fund lists 15 companies and has joined 8 rounds. Illuminate Financial comes in most often at Series A (54% of its entries), SMBC Asia Rising Fund comes in most often at Series B (38% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them FileAI.

52Portfolio companies15
15Funding rounds joined8
4Rounds led4
10Rounds, last 12 months7
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Illuminate Financial and SMBC Asia Rising Fund, head to head
Illuminate FinancialSMBC Asia Rising Fund
Portfolio companies5215
Funding rounds joined158
Rounds led44
Rounds, last 12 months107
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%0%
Series A54%25%
Series B39%38%
Growth8%38%

Illuminate FinancialSMBC Asia Rising Fund

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Entry stages of Illuminate Financial and SMBC Asia Rising Fund, share of entries
Illuminate FinancialSMBC Asia Rising Fund
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%0%
Series A54%25%
Series B39%38%
Growth8%38%

Themes

share of checked companies
Fintech47%44%
AI & Machine Learning18%15%
Enterprise Software6%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces3%11%
Crypto & Web37%0%
Cybersecurity4%0%

Illuminate FinancialSMBC Asia Rising Fund

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Themes of Illuminate Financial and SMBC Asia Rising Fund, share of checked companies
Illuminate FinancialSMBC Asia Rising Fund
Fintech47%44%
AI & Machine Learning18%15%
Enterprise Software6%11%
E-commerce & Marketplaces3%11%
Crypto & Web37%0%
Cybersecurity4%0%

Companies both back

1

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/smbc-asiarising.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/illuminatefinancial.com/coinvestors
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