B
Evidence Grade B
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5%
5% -- funding lift from ab testing for startups (2026)
A/B testing led to 5% more funding among startups after 6 months of consistent testing.
- Benefits did not show up until after 6 months of consistent testing
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Value
5%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
35,262
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Harvard Business School
Primary
Tier C
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Harvard Business School study of 35,262 startups
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startups: 5% funding lift from ab testing. Source: Harvard Business School (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ab-testing-funding-lift-hbs
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