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Lightbank vs New System Ventures

Lightbank lists 124 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; New System Ventures lists 13 companies and has joined 6 rounds. Lightbank comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries), New System Ventures comes in most often at Series A (40% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Pearl Edison.

124Portfolio companies13
12Funding rounds joined6
4Rounds led1
9Rounds, last 12 months4
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Lightbank and New System Ventures, head to head
LightbankNew System Ventures
Portfolio companies12413
Funding rounds joined126
Rounds led41
Rounds, last 12 months94
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed9%20%
Seed46%20%
Series A9%40%
Series B27%0%
Growth9%20%

LightbankNew System Ventures

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Entry stages of Lightbank and New System Ventures, share of entries
LightbankNew System Ventures
Pre-seed9%20%
Seed46%20%
Series A9%40%
Series B27%0%
Growth9%20%

Themes

share of checked companies
Industrial & Manufacturing5%31%
Education6%19%
AI & Machine Learning16%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%15%
Healthcare & Biotech14%0%
Fintech14%8%

LightbankNew System Ventures

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Themes of Lightbank and New System Ventures, share of checked companies
LightbankNew System Ventures
Industrial & Manufacturing5%31%
Education6%19%
AI & Machine Learning16%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%15%
Healthcare & Biotech14%0%
Fintech14%8%

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/newsystemventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/lightbank.com/coinvestors
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