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Lightspeed Venture Partners vs Merak Ventures
Lightspeed Venture Partners lists 575 portfolio companies and has joined 242 funding rounds; Merak Ventures lists 40 companies and has joined 21 rounds. Lightspeed Venture Partners comes in most often at Series A (31% of its entries), Merak Ventures comes in most often at Seed (88% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Pixxel.
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| Lightspeed Venture Partners | Merak Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 575 | 40 |
| Funding rounds joined | 242 | 21 |
| Rounds led | 94 | 15 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 141 | 13 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $20M to $100M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageLightspeed Venture PartnersMerak Ventures
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| Lightspeed Venture Partners | Merak Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 25% | 88% |
| Series A | 31% | 12% |
| Series B | 18% | 0% |
| Growth | 26% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesLightspeed Venture PartnersMerak Ventures
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| Lightspeed Venture Partners | Merak Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 26% | 26% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 17% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Gaming | 0% | 14% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 0% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 6% |
Companies both back
1Shared 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 Lightspeed Venture Partners and Merak Ventures 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/lsvp.com/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/merakventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/lsvp.com/coinvestors