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Lightbank vs NEA
Lightbank lists 125 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; NEA lists 534 companies and has joined 103 rounds. Lightbank comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries), NEA comes in most often at Series A (33% of its entries). 5 companies are on both portfolios, among them BenchPrep, Catalytic and Expel.
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| Lightbank | NEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 125 | 534 |
| Funding rounds joined | 12 | 103 |
| Rounds led | 4 | 51 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 9 | 44 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $20M to $100M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageLightbankNEA
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| Lightbank | NEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 9% | 0% |
| Seed | 46% | 17% |
| Series A | 9% | 33% |
| Series B | 27% | 27% |
| Growth | 9% | 22% |
Themes
share of checked companiesLightbankNEA
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| Lightbank | NEA | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 22% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 19% |
| Fintech | 14% | 10% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 9% |
| Education | 7% | 6% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
Companies both back
5Shared 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
Compare Lightbank and NEA as data
Pull both portfolios and every co-investor through one API key or MCP, and lay up to 20 firms side by side with POST /v1/overlap. A free account adds Ask AI searches and alerts when either firm adds a company.
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- Full listsEvery portfolio row and two-firm overlap
- API and MCP100 REST or MCP calls a month, one key
- AlertsFollow 5 investors for portfolio and fund changes
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.vcinfo.io/v1/firms/lightbank.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/nea.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/lightbank.com/coinvestors