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Re: Show HN: Startup data 2000-2012 from CrunchBase

#21

Which endpoint(s) of the CrunchBase API are you using? I'm planning on doing something similar graphically.

honestly I have not used the API, i've done some web scraping, if you want you can download the database here ;) https://www.dropbox.com/s/pzhqhtk4g23temz/crunchbase.sql.zip

Thanks! This is pretty cool data.

Re: Show HN: Startup data 2000-2012 from CrunchBase

#22

cool stuff. how are you grouping data startups within the funding categories section? i'd be interested to see the breakdown in recent years of startups that offer a data product, i.e. data infrastructure, ad optimization, user tracking, etc

I would like to be more specific with the categories, but crunchbase for the most of internet based startups the main category is "Consumer Web".

Example: http://www.crunchbase.com/company/rent-com

If you want, you can download the database and check the companies table https://www.dropbox.com/s/pzhqhtk4g23temz/crunchbase.sql.zip

Re: Show HN: Startup data 2000-2012 from CrunchBase

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post #17

Hello I'd like your data please.

You can download it here ;) https://www.dropbox.com/s/pzhqhtk4g23temz/crunchbase.sql.zip

Is your list of companies in this db everything in their entity list of companies, or just ones that got acquired?

Re: Show HN: Startup data 2000-2012 from CrunchBase

#26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can download it here ;) https://www.dropbox.com/s/pzhqhtk4g23temz/crunchbase.sql.zip

Is your list of companies in this db everything in their entity list of companies, or just ones that got acquired?

there are 4 tables: - acquisitions (date, target, acquirer, price) - companies (date, name, description, category, url, twitter) - funding (date, company, round, size, investors) - words (for the tagcloud)

Re: Show HN: Startup data 2000-2012 from CrunchBase

#27

Which endpoint(s) of the CrunchBase API are you using? I'm planning on doing something similar graphically.

honestly I have not used the API, i've done some web scraping, if you want you can download the database here ;) https://www.dropbox.com/s/pzhqhtk4g23temz/crunchbase.sql.zip

Hey Miguel! I am currently writing a thesis on venture capital and I have similar data from a database called VentureXpert. I will share it with you via twitter once I finish in a couple of weeks. I am curious to see how different our data looks. Thanks for posting.

Twitter: @wguaraca

Re: Show HN: Startup data 2000-2012 from CrunchBase

#28

T-Mobile is listed as the top acquisition of 2011, but that deal was blocked by the DoJ and later dropped by AT&T. In other words, the charts are based on announcements, not necessarily consummated transactions.

Exactly what I was thinking.
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