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Lightspeed Venture Partners vs UpWest

Lightspeed Venture Partners lists 575 portfolio companies and has joined 242 funding rounds; UpWest lists 40 companies and has joined 4 rounds. Lightspeed Venture Partners comes in most often at Series A (31% of its entries), UpWest comes in most often at Series A (75% of its entries). 2 companies are on both portfolios, among them Cycognito and Balance.

575Portfolio companies40
242Funding rounds joined4
94Rounds led0
141Rounds, last 12 months2
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Lightspeed Venture Partners and UpWest, head to head
Lightspeed Venture PartnersUpWest
Portfolio companies57540
Funding rounds joined2424
Rounds led940
Rounds, last 12 months1412
Typical round it comes in at$20M to $100M$20M to $100M
Sites no longer answering0%0%

Where they come in

share of entries by stage
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%25%
Series A31%75%
Series B18%0%
Growth26%0%

Lightspeed Venture PartnersUpWest

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Entry stages of Lightspeed Venture Partners and UpWest, share of entries
Lightspeed Venture PartnersUpWest
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed25%25%
Series A31%75%
Series B18%0%
Growth26%0%

Themes

share of checked companies
AI & Machine Learning26%38%
Fintech14%6%
Cybersecurity8%14%
Enterprise Software12%6%
Healthcare & Biotech8%9%
Space & Defense3%6%

Lightspeed Venture PartnersUpWest

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Themes of Lightspeed Venture Partners and UpWest, share of checked companies
Lightspeed Venture PartnersUpWest
AI & Machine Learning26%38%
Fintech14%6%
Cybersecurity8%14%
Enterprise Software12%6%
Healthcare & Biotech8%9%
Space & Defense3%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/upwest.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/lsvp.com/coinvestors
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