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Karista vs Lakestar

Karista lists 63 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Lakestar lists 34 companies and has joined 39 rounds. Karista comes in most often at Series A (33% of its entries), Lakestar comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them ConstellR.

63Portfolio companies34
4Funding rounds joined39
1Rounds led9
3Rounds, last 12 months29
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Karista and Lakestar, head to head
KaristaLakestar
Portfolio companies6334
Funding rounds joined439
Rounds led19
Rounds, last 12 months329
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%
Seed0%46%
Series A33%24%
Series B33%12%
Growth33%18%

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Entry stages of Karista and Lakestar, share of entries
KaristaLakestar
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed0%46%
Series A33%24%
Series B33%12%
Growth33%18%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning19%50%
Healthcare & Biotech28%4%
Fintech3%11%
Cybersecurity0%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%5%
Enterprise Software3%9%

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Themes of Karista and Lakestar, share of checked companies
KaristaLakestar
AI & Machine Learning19%50%
Healthcare & Biotech28%4%
Fintech3%11%
Cybersecurity0%11%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%5%
Enterprise Software3%9%

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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GET /v1/firms/lakestar.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/karista.vc/coinvestors
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