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{{Project
|Has project output=Data
|Has sponsor=Kauffman Incubator Project
|Has title=VentureXpert Database
|Has owner=Vineet Anne, Khai Nguyen,
|Has project status=Active
}}
'''This project was conducted by students at Georgetown in the Spring of 2019. It was replaced by the [[vcdb4]] project, conduced by [[Ed Egan]], in the Fall of 2019.''' The purpose of this project is to create a new, updated database of venture capital deals, portfolio companies, funds and firms, including information on exits, executives, and other events and entities, called '''[[vcdb4]]'''. The old [[VentureXpert Data]] project created the database '''vcdb3'''. Data is retrieved using [[SDC Platinum]], for which we have a license.
==Updating data from vcdb4==
April 30th:
===Current Work===
#Files Pulled from Old McNair Files:
*USVCFirms1980-present2019
*USVCFunds1980-present2019
*USVCPortCos1980-present2019
*IPO1980-present
*MA1980-2018q2-updated
#Files we have not pulled/need help processing:
*USCompanyLongDescription1980-present
*VCFirmsLongDescription
*USVCRound1980-present - This is the Round-On-One-Line pull. See [[Retrieving_US_VC_Data_From_SDC#Round_On_One_Line]]
*USVC1980-present - This is the Round pull - Note from Vineet: Tried updating this but it seems the session was saved as USVCPortCos1980-present2019...please advise
*Branch offices -- [[Retrieving_US_VC_Data_From_SDC#Branch_Offices]]
*PortCo Executives
*Fund Executives
==Normalized Files Status Update==
#Files that are normalized
*USVCFirms1980-present2019
*USVCFunds1980-present2019
*USVCPortCos1980-present2019
*IPO1980-present
#Files that still need to be normalized:
*MA1980-2018q2-updated - there is a missing .txt file for the MA activity and I am unable to create another one from the .ssh file. Will be working more on it tomorrow. - Vineet
April 16th:
List of files with statuses:
See [[Retrieving US VC Data From SDC]]
==Update (4/30/19)==
Files that have been normalized: IPO, USVC Firms, USVC Firms Branch Office, USVC Funds, USVC PortCos.
All these files are in E:\projects\vcdb4\Updated. Each contains:
*An updated session file
*A rpt file
*A txt file
*A txt file with no foot.
*A normalized txt file derived from (4).
Currently having issues with MA session. Unable to execute the ssh file in the Updated folder for MA. Displays error message but does not specify what the error is.
Next step is to do Fund and PortCo executives.
Update: Fund Executives's script has been created, but cannot be executed for some reason (Error message: Out of memory).
