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Lightspeed Venture Partners vs Next Play Ventures

Lightspeed Venture Partners lists 575 portfolio companies and has joined 242 funding rounds; Next Play Ventures lists 65 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Lightspeed Venture Partners comes in most often at Series A (31% of its entries), Next Play Ventures comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Believer Entertainment and Multiverse.

575Portfolio companies65
242Funding rounds joined7
94Rounds led0
141Rounds, last 12 months2
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$5M to $20M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Lightspeed Venture Partners and Next Play Ventures, head to head
Lightspeed Venture PartnersNext Play Ventures
Portfolio companies57565
Funding rounds joined2427
Rounds led940
Rounds, last 12 months1412
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$5M to $20M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%50%
Series A31%50%
Series B18%0%
Growth26%0%

Lightspeed Venture PartnersNext Play Ventures

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Entry stages of Lightspeed Venture Partners and Next Play Ventures, share of entries
Lightspeed Venture PartnersNext Play Ventures
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%50%
Series A31%50%
Series B18%0%
Growth26%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning26%17%
Education4%16%
Fintech14%8%
Healthcare & Biotech8%14%
Enterprise Software12%13%
Cybersecurity8%6%

Lightspeed Venture PartnersNext Play Ventures

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Themes of Lightspeed Venture Partners and Next Play Ventures, share of checked companies
Lightspeed Venture PartnersNext Play Ventures
AI & Machine Learning26%17%
Education4%16%
Fintech14%8%
Healthcare & Biotech8%14%
Enterprise Software12%13%
Cybersecurity8%6%

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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GET /v1/firms/nextplayventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/lsvp.com/coinvestors
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