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Lockstep vs M12

Lockstep lists 17 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; M12 lists 62 companies and has joined 34 rounds. Lockstep comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), M12 comes in most often at Series A (47% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them sola.security.

17Portfolio companies62
4Funding rounds joined34
0Rounds led4
2Rounds, last 12 months22
$20M to $100MTypical round it comes in at$20M to $100M
0%Sites no longer answering0%
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Lockstep and M12, head to head
LockstepM12
Portfolio companies1762
Funding rounds joined434
Rounds led04
Rounds, last 12 months222
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%
Seed50%13%
Series A50%47%
Series B0%31%
Growth0%9%

LockstepM12

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Entry stages of Lockstep and M12, share of entries
LockstepM12
Pre-seed0%0%
Seed50%13%
Series A50%47%
Series B0%31%
Growth0%9%

Themes

share of checked companies
Cybersecurity56%21%
AI & Machine Learning20%38%
Enterprise Software8%12%
Healthcare & Biotech4%6%
Industrial & Manufacturing0%6%
Fintech4%5%

LockstepM12

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Themes of Lockstep and M12, share of checked companies
LockstepM12
Cybersecurity56%21%
AI & Machine Learning20%38%
Enterprise Software8%12%
Healthcare & Biotech4%6%
Industrial & Manufacturing0%6%
Fintech4%5%

Companies both back

1

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/lockstep.vc/portfolio

# also
GET /v1/firms/m12.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/lockstep.vc/coinvestors
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