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Lightbank vs M25

Lightbank lists 125 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; M25 lists 114 companies and has joined 5 rounds. Lightbank comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries), M25 comes in most often at Seed (80% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them 86 Repairs and TandemStride.

125Portfolio companies114
12Funding rounds joined5
4Rounds led3
9Rounds, last 12 months3
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Lightbank and M25, head to head
LightbankM25
Portfolio companies125114
Funding rounds joined125
Rounds led43
Rounds, last 12 months93
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$1M to $5M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed9%20%
Seed46%80%
Series A9%0%
Series B27%0%
Growth9%0%

LightbankM25

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Entry stages of Lightbank and M25, share of entries
LightbankM25
Pre-seed9%20%
Seed46%80%
Series A9%0%
Series B27%0%
Growth9%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning16%12%
Healthcare & Biotech14%15%
Fintech14%12%
Enterprise Software8%9%
Education7%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%7%

LightbankM25

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Themes of Lightbank and M25, share of checked companies
LightbankM25
AI & Machine Learning16%12%
Healthcare & Biotech14%15%
Fintech14%12%
Enterprise Software8%9%
Education7%6%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%7%

Companies both back

2

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/lightbank.com/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/m25vc.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/lightbank.com/coinvestors
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