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Lightbank vs TMV

Lightbank lists 125 portfolio companies and has joined 12 funding rounds; TMV lists 56 companies and has joined 9 rounds. Lightbank comes in most often at Seed (46% of its entries), TMV comes in most often at Series A (67% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Ours Privacy and TandemStride.

125Portfolio companies56
12Funding rounds joined9
4Rounds led0
9Rounds, last 12 months3
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Lightbank and TMV, head to head
LightbankTMV
Portfolio companies12556
Funding rounds joined129
Rounds led40
Rounds, last 12 months93
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%0%
Seed46%22%
Series A9%67%
Series B27%11%
Growth9%0%

LightbankTMV

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Entry stages of Lightbank and TMV, share of entries
LightbankTMV
Pre-seed9%0%
Seed46%22%
Series A9%67%
Series B27%11%
Growth9%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech14%23%
AI & Machine Learning16%20%
Fintech14%8%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%11%
Enterprise Software8%6%
Education7%5%

LightbankTMV

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Themes of Lightbank and TMV, share of checked companies
LightbankTMV
Healthcare & Biotech14%23%
AI & Machine Learning16%20%
Fintech14%8%
Industrial & Manufacturing6%11%
Enterprise Software8%6%
Education7%5%

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/tmv.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/lightbank.com/coinvestors
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