That sucks. I used to work in investment banking where we used a tool called Capital IQ for our research, despite the fact that our focus was on venture-backed

That sucks. I used to work in investment banking where we used a tool called Capital IQ for our research, despite the fact that our focus was on venture-backed startups and Capital IQ's coverage of startup companies was really crappy. When I left banking one of my top 2 or 3 ideas was to start a company that would essentially be Capital IQ for startups. The idea being that I would sell the overall platform to VC firms and investment banks, gain access to their data, and use it to build predictive models of non-venture-backed startups based on publicly-available information. I didn't end up pursuing that idea, but I was aware of Mattermark and thought that it was a service that should exist, would be a no-brainer for people targeting that market. To be honest, I think they did a lot better of a job of it than I would have. Back in April when I was looking for jobs I did get the chance to interview at Mattermark, though. Kevin Morrill and the rest of the engineers that I met all seemed very friendly and bright (they ultimately rejected me, which is good because [1] I would have accepted their offer, and [2] I ended up joining Flexport, which I love). Even at the time I got the impression that they may have a tough road ahead, but I'm sorry to see that things turned out this way.