Investors / Luminate / Compare with Merak Ventures
Luminate vs Merak Ventures
Luminate lists 69 portfolio companies and has joined 4 funding rounds; Merak Ventures lists 39 companies and has joined 21 rounds. Luminate comes in most often at Seed (50% of its entries), Merak Ventures comes in most often at Seed (88% of its entries). 1 company is on both portfolios, among them LightSpeed Photonics.
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| Luminate | Merak Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio companies | 69 | 39 |
| Funding rounds joined | 4 | 21 |
| Rounds led | 1 | 15 |
| Rounds, last 12 months | 3 | 12 |
| 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 stageLuminateMerak Ventures
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| Luminate | Merak Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% | 0% |
| Seed | 50% | 88% |
| Series A | 25% | 13% |
| Series B | 0% | 0% |
| Growth | 25% | 0% |
Themes
share of checked companiesLuminateMerak Ventures
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| Luminate | Merak Ventures | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 29% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 27% | 0% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 27% |
| Enterprise Software | 2% | 16% |
| Fintech | 0% | 13% |
| Gaming | 0% | 13% |
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 Luminate 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/luminate.org/portfolio
# also
GET /v1/firms/merakventures.com/portfolio
GET /v1/firms/luminate.org/coinvestors