Seed-DB funding visualization
Data
data visualisation
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
3 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Execution: 0 for, 5 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good visualization and dc.js work
From 2 comments
dc.js as always made a good job.
cturhan on HNLooks good. There are two things that will be really important: - How is data imported? It would be great to be able to set up custom SQL queries, CSV imports, and other service…
CGamesPlay on HN
Interesting stats on YC share of funding
From 2 comments
Wow, YC-accelerated companies has captured 64% of the 4.4B.
henryw on HNThis is a crazy stat... Seriously.
cordie on HN
Objections
Data is incomplete, missing many well-funded startups
From 4 comments
Where are you getting the data for this? It seems to be missing a fair number of startups that have had significant (>20M) rounds.
codemac on HNfor example you are missing Groupon which raised multiple large rounds.
ChrisBland on HNThe data is missing a lot of Seattle based startups. Including some of the larger non-exited startups: Chef raised 65 million. INRIX 78.1 million Avalara 84.6 million
balls187 on HNAlso, 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.
TenJack on HN
Title implies all funding, but data covers only accelerator startups
From 2 comments
> 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.
balls187 on HNIt 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…
balls187 on HN
Filtering and changing sort leaves bubbles hard to find
From 1 comment
I changed the primary sort to the count, then filtered on just "Fan Go". Then, I wanted to compare the total amount Fan Go had raised in comparison to other companies, so I…
zheshishei on HN
Small clickable bars are hard to use
From 1 comment
It's almost impossible to click on Grant, and other. Suggestion: Make the Title a part of the Label area.
sogen on HN
Requests
Custom SQL queries and CSV or other data source imports
From 1 comment
Looks good. There are two things that will be really important: - How is data imported? It would be great to be able to set up custom SQL queries, CSV imports, and other service…
CGamesPlay on HN
Time-series with switchable time resolution and trailing averages
From 1 comment
Looks good. There are two things that will be really important: - How is data imported? It would be great to be able to set up custom SQL queries, CSV imports, and other service…
CGamesPlay on HN
Median instead of outlier filtering
From 1 comment
You could use median instead of filtering out outliers explicitly so your averages don't get skewed.
pnachbaur on HN
Show currency units on labels
From 1 comment
Very nice! I missed the currency symbol ($) in the labels, I felt that I wasn't sure sometimes if I was seeing a "count" of something, or a measure of currency. Perhaps it's all…
unwind on HN
Questions
Where the data comes from
From 2 comments
Where are you getting the data for this? It seems to be missing a fair number of startups that have had significant (>20M) rounds.
codemac on HNWhat's the data source? Is it the rapid increase in total raised from 2012 - 2014 (even without Freakish_outlier) a data artifact or has the amount of funding actually exploded?
akavi on HN
Why Dropbox is counted as Dublin-based
From 1 comment
Anyone know why Dropbox is considered a Dublin-based company? Shouldn't their SF office be considered the main HQ?
fancyremarker on HN
Unlabeled region between Atlanta and Seattle
From 1 comment
Under "Region" (with raised_total), what is the region between Atlanta and Seattle with no label?
stock_toaster on HN
Alternatives named
Crunchbase
From 2 comments
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…
viggity on HNAlso, 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.
TenJack on HN