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imec.istart vs Luminate

imec.istart lists 266 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; Luminate lists 69 companies and has joined 4 rounds. imec.istart comes in most often at Seed (73% of its entries), Luminate comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries). 3 companies are on both portfolios, among them Planopsim, Swave Photonics and VoxelSensors.

266Portfolio companies69
12Funding rounds joined4
2Rounds led1
6Rounds, last 12 months3
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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imec.istart and Luminate, head to head
imec.istartLuminate
Portfolio companies26669
Funding rounds joined124
Rounds led21
Rounds, last 12 months63
Typical round it comes in at$1M to $5M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed73%50%
Series A27%25%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%25%

imec.istartLuminate

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Entry stages of imec.istart and Luminate, share of entries
imec.istartLuminate
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed73%50%
Series A27%25%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%25%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech19%29%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%27%
AI & Machine Learning16%23%
Enterprise Software9%2%
Fintech7%0%
Education7%3%

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Themes of imec.istart and Luminate, share of checked companies
imec.istartLuminate
Healthcare & Biotech19%29%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%27%
AI & Machine Learning16%23%
Enterprise Software9%2%
Fintech7%0%
Education7%3%

Companies both back

3

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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$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/imecistart.com/portfolio

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GET /v1/firms/luminate.org/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/imecistart.com/coinvestors
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