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Lightbank vs Silicon Gardens

Lightbank lists 124 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; Silicon Gardens lists 53 companies and has joined 9 rounds. Lightbank comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries), Silicon Gardens comes in most often at Seed (63% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Ohana.

124Portfolio companies53
12Funding rounds joined9
4Rounds led2
9Rounds, last 12 months6
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$1M to $5M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Lightbank and Silicon Gardens, head to head
LightbankSilicon Gardens
Portfolio companies12453
Funding rounds joined129
Rounds led42
Rounds, last 12 months96
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%25%
Seed46%63%
Series A9%13%
Series B27%0%
Growth9%0%

LightbankSilicon Gardens

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Entry stages of Lightbank and Silicon Gardens, share of entries
LightbankSilicon Gardens
Pre-seed9%25%
Seed46%63%
Series A9%13%
Series B27%0%
Growth9%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning16%16%
Healthcare & Biotech14%10%
Fintech14%5%
Education6%14%
Enterprise Software8%12%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%7%

LightbankSilicon Gardens

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Themes of Lightbank and Silicon Gardens, share of checked companies
LightbankSilicon Gardens
AI & Machine Learning16%16%
Healthcare & Biotech14%10%
Fintech14%5%
Education6%14%
Enterprise Software8%12%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%7%

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