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Show HN: FundingHunt – Daily Updates on Startup Funding

24 points by vikasr111 11y ago

vikasr111 11y ago
We all love to read and discuss startup funding, don’t we. It works as adrenaline for current and future entrepreneurs. I created this small product called FundingHunt, one place where you can check out all the funding stories, post new stories, upvote funding event of companies you love and admire, dive into discussions and give your opinion at http://www.fundinghunt.co/ http://www.fundinghunt.co/ Here is a Medium post about the story behind FundingHunt. https://medium.com/startup-study-group/why-did-i-create-fundinghunt-1d93989794fa https://medium.com/startup-study-group/why-did-i-create-fund... It'll be my pleasure to answer your questions and queries about FundingHunt.
- BinaryIdiot 11y ago
  This is neat; are they always user-submitted or is there any automatic feeds supporting this? It's always interesting to see who is fund raising and what they're getting but just like your blog says they're all over the place.
  - vikasr111 11y ago
    Feels amazing you liked FundingHunt :) The model of FundingHunt is similar to Hacker News or Product Hunt. All the funding stories are user-submitted in order to maintain the quality and consistency of posts. You can also post startup funding stories on FundingHunt at: http://www.fundinghunt.co/submit http://www.fundinghunt.co/submit
hpvic03 11y ago
Why not use the CrunchBase API rather than depending on people to submit funding news? I would like to be able to subscribe to certain VC firms or angels to see what they've invested in and get a daily or weekly digest. I actually built this thing myself, but CrunchBase recently made their API more restrictive so it doesn't work anymore.
- vikasr111 11y ago
  Crunchbase and Crunchbase-like platforms are more data-centric as they give you exhaustive feed of startups with the amount of funding raised, while FundingHunt is a story-centric platform, which is more human way to consume this kind of information. Also, features like upvoting and discussion thrive more significantly if it has a user-submitted model rather than automated feed. I have written more about it in my Medium post here: https://medium.com/startup-study-group/why-did-i-create-fundinghunt-1d93989794fa https://medium.com/startup-study-group/why-did-i-create-fund...
- npkarnik 11y ago
  I had a similar experience with the CrunchBase API. I kind of gave up once I had to start negotiating with their Business Development rep for licensing fees. I respect that they have to have a sustainable business given the resources required to aggregate and validate all that data, but I still wish there was a way for individuals/small teams to access that dataset.
juhq 11y ago
You should data mine the content and create some neat graphs showing the amount funding gathered daily, weekly, monthly, yearly etc
sdybskiy 11y ago
Built with Meteor, I love it!
- vikasr111 11y ago
  Lately, Meteor has been the de-facto choice for all our side projects. It is really simple and powerful.

24 points by vikasr111 11y ago

We all love to read and discuss startup funding, don’t we. It works as adrenaline for current and future entrepreneurs. I created this small product called FundingHunt, one place where you can check out all the funding stories, post new stories, upvote funding event of companies you love and admire, dive into discussions and give your opinion at http://www.fundinghunt.co/ http://www.fundinghunt.co/ Here is a Medium post about the story behind FundingHunt. https://medium.com/startup-study-group/why-did-i-create-fundinghunt-1d93989794fa https://medium.com/startup-study-group/why-did-i-create-fund... It'll be my pleasure to answer your questions and queries about FundingHunt.

BinaryIdiot 11y ago
This is neat; are they always user-submitted or is there any automatic feeds supporting this? It's always interesting to see who is fund raising and what they're getting but just like your blog says they're all over the place.
- vikasr111 11y ago
  Feels amazing you liked FundingHunt :) The model of FundingHunt is similar to Hacker News or Product Hunt. All the funding stories are user-submitted in order to maintain the quality and consistency of posts. You can also post startup funding stories on FundingHunt at: http://www.fundinghunt.co/submit http://www.fundinghunt.co/submit

hpvic03 11y ago

Why not use the CrunchBase API rather than depending on people to submit funding news? I would like to be able to subscribe to certain VC firms or angels to see what they've invested in and get a daily or weekly digest. I actually built this thing myself, but CrunchBase recently made their API more restrictive so it doesn't work anymore.

vikasr111 11y ago
Crunchbase and Crunchbase-like platforms are more data-centric as they give you exhaustive feed of startups with the amount of funding raised, while FundingHunt is a story-centric platform, which is more human way to consume this kind of information. Also, features like upvoting and discussion thrive more significantly if it has a user-submitted model rather than automated feed. I have written more about it in my Medium post here: https://medium.com/startup-study-group/why-did-i-create-fundinghunt-1d93989794fa https://medium.com/startup-study-group/why-did-i-create-fund...
npkarnik 11y ago
I had a similar experience with the CrunchBase API. I kind of gave up once I had to start negotiating with their Business Development rep for licensing fees. I respect that they have to have a sustainable business given the resources required to aggregate and validate all that data, but I still wish there was a way for individuals/small teams to access that dataset.

juhq 11y ago

You should data mine the content and create some neat graphs showing the amount funding gathered daily, weekly, monthly, yearly etc

sdybskiy 11y ago

Built with Meteor, I love it!

vikasr111 11y ago
Lately, Meteor has been the de-facto choice for all our side projects. It is really simple and powerful.