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Launch NY vs Luminate

Launch NY lists 68 portfolio companies and has joined 3 funding rounds; Luminate lists 69 companies and has joined 4 rounds. Launch NY comes in most often at Series A (67% of its entries), Luminate comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them nordetect.

68Portfolio companies69
3Funding rounds joined4
0Rounds led1
3Rounds, last 12 months3
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Launch NY and Luminate, head to head
Launch NYLuminate
Portfolio companies6869
Funding rounds joined34
Rounds led01
Rounds, last 12 months33
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed33%50%
Series A67%25%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%25%

Launch NYLuminate

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Entry stages of Launch NY and Luminate, share of entries
Launch NYLuminate
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed33%50%
Series A67%25%
Series B0%0%
Growth0%25%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech24%29%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%27%
AI & Machine Learning17%23%
Education12%3%
Fintech7%0%
Consumer6%5%

Launch NYLuminate

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Themes of Launch NY and Luminate, share of checked companies
Launch NYLuminate
Healthcare & Biotech24%29%
Industrial & Manufacturing10%27%
AI & Machine Learning17%23%
Education12%3%
Fintech7%0%
Consumer6%5%

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/launchny.org/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/luminate.org/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/launchny.org/coinvestors
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