The main source of venture capital that we will use is Thomson Reuter's SDC Platinum platform. This contains [[VentureXpert]]. Some old [[Data Dictionaries]] are available for those interested in variable lists. There is a perl script based tool to reprocess the SDC data called [[Normalizer.pl]]. The latest version of this script needs locating, updating and documenting (the one on the wiki is obsolete).
==History of VC Surveys by Major Firms== VentureXpert, VentureOne, VentureSource... Sandhill Econometrics provides estimated valuation data to VentureSource... ==Databases for Venture Capital Investments==
In alphabetic order:
*Bright*Sun [http://brightsungroup.com/]
**hasn't come to market yet
**data collection technology using algorithims and models on loose data
**recommendation based web platform
*CB Insights [https://www.cbinsights.com/]
**Proprietary proprietary machine learning software on VC deals and exits
**open with premium tools (must subscribe to download)
**access to private company data
**web platform including filtering features and visualization tools
The Center for Venture Research is a multidisciplinary research unit of the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. The Center, founded in 1984, studies early stage equity financing for high growth ventures[https://paulcollege.unh.edu/cvr]. It is run by Jeffrey Sohl, and is noteworthy for its publication of statistics on Angel investment[http://www.unh.edu/news/releases/2015/05/em14cvr.cfm].
===Other Sources of Data===
Scott Stern and Jorge Guzman (''Where Is Silicon Valley'' (2014)) have collected data on business registration for California, New York, Texas, Massachusetts, Florida, and Washington. Data from California was collected via the Secretary of State. This data set was combined with data from SDC Platinum and the U.S. Patent Office.