Investors / Lumen Ventures / Compare with Zest
Lumen Ventures vs Zest
Lumen Ventures lists 4 portfolio companies and has joined 1 funding round; Zest lists 172 companies and has joined 7 rounds. Lumen Ventures comes in most often at Series A (100% of its entries), Zest comes in most often at Seed (100% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them Bikeroom.
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| Lumen Ventures | Zest | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 4 | 172 |
| Funding rounds joined | 1 | 7 |
| Rounds led | 1 | 1 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 1 | 4 |
| Typical round it comes in at | $5M to $20M | $1M to $5M |
| Sites no longer answering | 0% | 0% |
Where they come in
share of entries by stageLumen VenturesZest
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| Lumen Ventures | Zest | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 0% | 100% |
| Series A | 100% | 0% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 0% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesLumen VenturesZest
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| Lumen Ventures | Zest | |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 20% | 6% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 17% |
| Space & Defense | 20% | 0% |
| Education | 20% | 7% |
| Fintech | 20% | 11% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 0% | 7% |
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 Lumen Ventures and Zest 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/lumen.ventures/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/zestgroup.vc/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/lumen.ventures/coinvestors