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Where are you getting the data for this? It seems to be missing a fair number of startups that have had significant (>20M) rounds.

by codemac 12y ago

viggity 12y ago
http://www.seed-db.com/companies/funding?value=1 http://www.seed-db.com/companies/funding?value=1 plus a little extra meta-data from crunchbase. Seed-DB (so far as I can tell) only tracks startups that went through an accelerator. We've got a larger list that includes everyone, but it made viewing the accelerator info more difficult because there are so many startups that haven't gone through one. We'll probably create another board with all startups but will probably do it on a company basis instead of a funding round basis. There are a lot of different ways you could want to see this data. If you sign up for the beta, we'll let you know when you can create your own. We're following the github model - public projects are free, private projects have a modest fee.
- balls187 12y ago
  > Seed-DB (so far as I can tell) only tracks startups that went through an accelerator. You should alter the HN post's title to reflect that.
  - namenotrequired 12y ago
    You think so? I read the title and it never crossed my mind to think it was all funding. To me the fact that it says "this much of it" already implies it's a selection. Edit: that said, the page should definitely mention it (the source and selection criteria).
    - balls187 12y ago
      It wasn't apparent from the title that this data was mostly from Seed-DB, and partly from Crunchbase. Seed-DB is accelerator based funding, and the crunchbase data that was used is incomplete. It lists Seattle behind Atlanta in terms of Startup Funding.
ChrisBland 12y ago
for example you are missing Groupon which raised multiple large rounds.
TenJack 12y ago
Also, some of the existing data does not seem up to date. Just looked up Instacart and CrunchBase has them at 54M raised whereas your chart says 11M.

Where are you getting the data for this? It seems to be missing a fair number of startups that have had significant (>20M) rounds.

by codemac 12y ago

Where are you getting the data for this? It seems to be missing a fair number of startups that have had significant (>20M) rounds.

viggity 12y ago

http://www.seed-db.com/companies/funding?value=1 http://www.seed-db.com/companies/funding?value=1 plus a little extra meta-data from crunchbase. Seed-DB (so far as I can tell) only tracks startups that went through an accelerator. We've got a larger list that includes everyone, but it made viewing the accelerator info more difficult because there are so many startups that haven't gone through one. We'll probably create another board with all startups but will probably do it on a company basis instead of a funding round basis. There are a lot of different ways you could want to see this data. If you sign up for the beta, we'll let you know when you can create your own. We're following the github model - public projects are free, private projects have a modest fee.

balls187 12y ago
> Seed-DB (so far as I can tell) only tracks startups that went through an accelerator. You should alter the HN post's title to reflect that.
- namenotrequired 12y ago
  You think so? I read the title and it never crossed my mind to think it was all funding. To me the fact that it says "this much of it" already implies it's a selection. Edit: that said, the page should definitely mention it (the source and selection criteria).
  - balls187 12y ago
    It wasn't apparent from the title that this data was mostly from Seed-DB, and partly from Crunchbase. Seed-DB is accelerator based funding, and the crunchbase data that was used is incomplete. It lists Seattle behind Atlanta in terms of Startup Funding.

ChrisBland 12y ago

for example you are missing Groupon which raised multiple large rounds.

TenJack 12y ago

Also, some of the existing data does not seem up to date. Just looked up Instacart and CrunchBase has them at 54M raised whereas your chart says 11M.