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Lightscape Partners vs Y Combinator

Lightscape Partners lists 33 portfolio companies and has joined 8 funding rounds; Y Combinator lists 5,153 companies and has joined 3,388 rounds. Lightscape Partners comes in most often at Seed (38% of its entries), Y Combinator comes in most often at Seed (98% of its entries). 5 companies are on both portfolios, among them Ansa, Bucket Robotics and IronGrid.

33Portfolio companies5,153
8Funding rounds joined3,388
0Rounds led2,960
8Rounds, last 12 months579
$5M to $20MTypical round it comes in atunder $1M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Lightscape Partners and Y Combinator, head to head
Lightscape PartnersY Combinator
Portfolio companies335,153
Funding rounds joined83,388
Rounds led02,960
Rounds, last 12 months8579
Typical round it comes in at$5M to $20Munder $1M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed13%0%
Seed38%98%
Series A38%1%
Series B13%0%
Growth0%1%

Lightscape PartnersY Combinator

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Entry stages of Lightscape Partners and Y Combinator, share of entries
Lightscape PartnersY Combinator
Pre-seed13%0%
Seed38%98%
Series A38%1%
Series B13%0%
Growth0%1%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning38%26%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%4%
Fintech7%13%
Healthcare & Biotech5%11%
Enterprise Software7%10%
Space & Defense5%5%

Lightscape PartnersY Combinator

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Themes of Lightscape Partners and Y Combinator, share of checked companies
Lightscape PartnersY Combinator
AI & Machine Learning38%26%
Industrial & Manufacturing14%4%
Fintech7%13%
Healthcare & Biotech5%11%
Enterprise Software7%10%
Space & Defense5%5%

Companies both back

5

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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