This demo uses imperative chart updates. The generated code is a faithful Angular translation: open it in CodeSandbox to run and tweak.

import { Component, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import {
  ChartComponent,
  ApexAxisChartSeries,
  ApexNonAxisChartSeries,
  ApexChart,
  ApexXAxis,
  ApexYAxis,
  ApexTitleSubtitle,
  ApexDataLabels,
  ApexStroke,
  ApexFill,
  ApexLegend,
  ApexTooltip,
  ApexMarkers,
  ApexPlotOptions,
  ApexResponsive,
  ApexGrid,
  ApexAnnotations,
  ApexStates,
  ApexTheme,
  NgApexchartsModule,
} from 'ng-apexcharts';

export type ChartOptions = {
  series?: ApexAxisChartSeries | ApexNonAxisChartSeries;
  chart?: ApexChart;
  xaxis?: ApexXAxis;
  yaxis?: ApexYAxis | ApexYAxis[];
  title?: ApexTitleSubtitle;
  subtitle?: ApexTitleSubtitle;
  dataLabels?: ApexDataLabels;
  stroke?: ApexStroke;
  fill?: ApexFill;
  legend?: ApexLegend;
  tooltip?: ApexTooltip;
  markers?: ApexMarkers;
  plotOptions?: ApexPlotOptions;
  responsive?: ApexResponsive[];
  grid?: ApexGrid;
  annotations?: ApexAnnotations;
  states?: ApexStates;
  theme?: ApexTheme;
  colors?: string[];
  labels?: any;
};

@Component({
  selector: 'app-chart',
  standalone: true,
  imports: [NgApexchartsModule],
  templateUrl: './chart.component.html',
})
export class AppChart implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
  @ViewChild('chart') chart!: ChartComponent;
  private makeRng = (seed: any): any => {
          var s = seed >>> 0
          return function () {
            s = (Math.imul(s, 1664525) + 1013904223) >>> 0
            return s / 4294967296
          }
        };

  private pick = (rand: any, items: any, weights: any): any => {
          var total = 0
          for (var i = 0; i < weights.length; i++) total += weights[i]
          var r = rand() * total
          for (var k = 0; k < items.length; k++) {
            r -= weights[k]
            if (r <= 0) return items[k]
          }
          return items[items.length - 1]
        };

  private BASE: any = [
          'Nimbus',
          'Cobalt',
          'Lumen',
          'Pathwise',
          'Flowdesk',
          'Draftly',
          'Vault',
          'Ledgr',
          'Payline',
          'Northbank',
          'Kitepay',
          'Vitalis',
          'Pulse',
          'CareLoop',
          'Mendly',
          'Orbit',
          'Quill',
          'Sable',
          'Tandem',
          'Verve',
          'Wisp',
          'Zephyr',
          'Arbor',
          'Bloomly',
          'Cinder',
          'Dune',
          'Ember',
          'Forge',
          'Glint',
          'Harbor',
          'Iris',
          'Juno',
          'Kelp',
          'Lark',
          'Mica',
          'Nova',
          'Onyx',
          'Plume',
          'Quartz',
          'Rune',
          'Slate',
          'Talon',
          'Umbra',
          'Vesper',
          'Willow',
          'Yarn',
          'Zenith',
          'Ashen',
        ];

  private SUFFIX: any = [
          '',
          ' Labs',
          ' AI',
          ' Systems',
          ' Cloud',
          ' Works',
          ' Base',
          ' Go',
        ];

  private SECTORS: any = ['AI', 'SaaS', 'Fintech', 'Health', 'Commerce'];

  private SECTOR_COLORS: any = ['#2563EB', '#06B6D4', '#22C55E', '#EC4899', '#F97316'];

  private SECTOR_W: any = [13, 11, 10, 8, 7];

  private STAGES: any = ['Seed', 'Series A', 'Series B', 'Series C+'];

  private STAGE_COLORS: any = ['#BAE6FD', '#7DD3FC', '#0EA5E9', '#0369A1'];

  private STAGE_W: any = [0.42, 0.3, 0.18, 0.1];

  private STAGE_FUND: any = {
          Seed: [1, 6],
          'Series A': [8, 28],
          'Series B': [40, 95],
          'Series C+': [150, 620],
        };

  private COUNT: any = 220;

  private rand: any = this.makeRng(20260724);

  private STARTUPS: any = [];

  private groupBy = (field: any, order: any): any => {
          return order.map(function (g) {
            return {
              name: g,
              data: this.STARTUPS.filter(function (s) {
                return s[field] === g
              }),
            }
          })
        };

  private bySector: any = this.groupBy('sector', this.SECTORS);

  private byStage: any = this.groupBy('stage', this.STAGES);

  private startupTooltip = (o: any): any => {
          if (!o.datum) return o.seriesName
          return (
            '<div style="font-weight:700">' +
            o.datum.name +
            '</div><div style="opacity:0.75">' +
            o.datum.sector +
            ' &middot; ' +
            o.datum.stage +
            '</div><div style="opacity:0.75">$' +
            o.datum.value +
            'M raised</div>'
          )
        };

  private countLabel = (name: any, opts: any): any => {
          return name + ' (' + opts.value + ')'
        };

  private VIEWS: any = [
          {
            label: 'The market',
            caption:
              '220 startups, one dot each, packed into a single cloud and coloured by sector. The whole cohort at a glance.',
            this.chartOptions: {
              series: this.bySector,
              colors: this.SECTOR_COLORS,
              plotOptions: {
                unit: {
                  layout: 'packed',
                  transition: 'identity',
                  sortByGroup: true,
                  sizeByValue: { enabled: false },
                  clusterLabels: { show: false },
                },
              },
            },
          },
          {
            label: 'By sector',
            caption:
              'The same dots fan out into their sectors. The clusters show which corners of the market are crowded and which are thin.',
            this.chartOptions: {
              series: this.bySector,
              colors: this.SECTOR_COLORS,
              plotOptions: {
                unit: {
                  layout: 'grouped',
                  transition: 'identity',
                  sizeByValue: { enabled: false },
                  // curved labels ride the top of each sector cluster
                  clusterLabels: { show: true, position: 'top', formatter: this.countLabel },
                },
              },
            },
          },
          {
            label: 'By stage',
            caption:
              'Regrouped by funding stage. Every company travels to its stage bar and the classic funnel appears: many seed, few late rounds.',
            this.chartOptions: {
              series: this.byStage,
              colors: this.STAGE_COLORS,
              plotOptions: {
                unit: {
                  layout: 'columns',
                  transition: 'identity',
                  sizeByValue: { enabled: false },
                  // labels sit BELOW each stage bar
                  clusterLabels: {
                    show: true,
                    position: 'bottom',
                    formatter: this.countLabel,
                  },
                },
              },
            },
          },
          {
            label: 'By capital',
            caption:
              "Back into one cloud, but now each dot's area is the money it raised: a handful of late-stage bubbles dwarf the crowd of small rounds.",
            this.chartOptions: {
              series: this.bySector,
              colors: this.SECTOR_COLORS,
              plotOptions: {
                unit: {
                  layout: 'packed',
                  transition: 'identity',
                  sortByGroup: true,
                  clusterLabels: { show: false },
                  sizeByValue: {
                    enabled: true,
                    maxRadius: 4.5,
                    minRadius: 1.4,
                    scale: 'area',
                  },
                },
              },
            },
          },
        ];

  private buttons: any = document.querySelectorAll('#view-nav button');

  private caption: any = document.getElementById('caption');

  private showView = (i: any): any => {
          this.buttons.forEach(function (b, k) {
            b.classList.toggle('active', k === i)
          })
          this.caption.textContent = this.VIEWS[i].caption
          this.chart.updateOptions(this.VIEWS[i].this.chartOptions)
        };

  public chartOptions: Partial<ChartOptions> = {
          series: this.bySector,
          chart: {
            id: 'startupCohort',
            type: 'unit',
            height: 440,
            fontFamily: 'Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif',
            animations: {
              enabled: true,
              speed: 800,
            },
            toolbar: { show: false },
          },
          colors: this.SECTOR_COLORS,
          legend: {
            position: 'bottom',
          },
          plotOptions: {
            unit: {
              layout: 'packed',
              transition: 'identity',
              size: 4,
              spacing: 1.15,
              sortByGroup: true,
              clusterLabels: {
                show: false,
              },
              tooltip: {
                // startupTooltip lives in the shared head script.
                formatter: this.startupTooltip,
              },
            },
          },
        };
  ngAfterViewInit() {
    (window as any).ApexCharts.setLicense('APEX-eyJpc3N1ZURhdGUiOiIyMDI2LTA0LTE2IiwiZXhwaXJ5RGF0ZSI6IjIwNTItMDQtMTciLCJwbGFuIjoiZW50ZXJwcmlzZSIsImRvbWFpbnMiOlsiYXBleGNoYXJ0cy5jb20iLCIxMjcuMC4wLjEiXX0=');
    for (var i = 0; i < this.COUNT; i++) {
            // base x suffix keeps every generated name unique (COUNT <= BASE * SUFFIX).
            var nm =
              this.BASE[i % this.BASE.length] + this.SUFFIX[Math.floor(i / this.BASE.length) % this.SUFFIX.length]
            var sector = this.pick(this.rand, this.SECTORS, this.SECTOR_W)
            var stage = this.pick(this.rand, this.STAGES, this.STAGE_W)
            var f = this.STAGE_FUND[stage]
            this.STARTUPS.push({
              name: nm,
              sector: sector,
              stage: stage,
              value: Math.round(f[0] + this.rand() * (f[1] - f[0])),
            })
          }

    function showView(i) {
            this.buttons.forEach(function (b, k) {
              b.classList.toggle('active', k === i)
            })
            this.caption.textContent = this.VIEWS[i].caption
            this.chart.updateOptions(this.VIEWS[i].this.chartOptions)
          }
    this.buttons.forEach(function (btn) {
            btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
              this.showView(parseInt(btn.getAttribute('data-view'), 10))
            })
          })
  }

  ngOnDestroy() {
    // no cleanup needed
  }
}
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