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J4 Ventures vs LightShed Ventures

J4 Ventures lists 30 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; LightShed Ventures lists 33 companies and has joined 2 rounds. J4 Ventures comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries), LightShed Ventures comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Giant.

30Portfolio companies33
3Funding rounds joined2
0Rounds led0
1Rounds, last 12 months2
$1M to $5MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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J4 Ventures and LightShed Ventures, head to head
J4 VenturesLightShed Ventures
Portfolio companies3033
Funding rounds joined32
Rounds led00
Rounds, last 12 months12
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%
Seed100%50%
Series A0%50%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

J4 VenturesLightShed Ventures

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Entry stages of J4 Ventures and LightShed Ventures, share of entries
J4 VenturesLightShed Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed100%50%
Series A0%50%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning27%9%
Enterprise Software6%20%
Fintech17%7%
Healthcare & Biotech14%7%
Education14%7%
Media & Entertainment0%13%

J4 VenturesLightShed Ventures

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Themes of J4 Ventures and LightShed Ventures, share of checked companies
J4 VenturesLightShed Ventures
AI & Machine Learning27%9%
Enterprise Software6%20%
Fintech17%7%
Healthcare & Biotech14%7%
Education14%7%
Media & Entertainment0%13%

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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VCinfo API
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/j4.ventures/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/lightshedvc.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/j4.ventures/coinvestors
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