# ValueAddVC startup funding dataset

Snapshot as of 2026-11-10. Published by Value Add VC (https://valueaddvc.com/statistics).
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Cite as: "Value Add VC funding dataset, snapshot 2026-11-10, valueaddvc.com/statistics".

These files hold only Value Add VC's own records: each row is one funding round or fund close that we
logged from a public source, and every row links to that source. They contain no third-party
performance data (fund returns, TVPI, DPI or IRR).

## Files

| File | Rows | What a row is |
|---|---|---|
| valueaddvc-funding-rounds.csv | 1109 | one startup funding round (2018-07-17 to 2026-11-10) |
| valueaddvc-fund-closes.csv | 362 | one venture fund close (2010-07-30 to 2026-11-05) |

## Coverage: read this before charting

This is a tracked sample, not a census. Our coverage grew sharply through 2026 (for example
15 rounds logged for January 2026 against
283 for October 2026), so month-over-month changes in
row counts mostly reflect our coverage, not the market. Use medians and shares, not totals, and do not
present row counts as market deal counts.

## funding-rounds columns

- round_id: our stable id
- company: company name
- announced: announcement date as the source states it (YYYY-MM-DD, or YYYY-MM when only the month is known)
- date_precision: day or month
- stage_as_reported / stage_bucket: the source's own label, and our coarse bucket (Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D+, Growth, Other / undisclosed)
- amount_usd_m: round size in US$ millions (blank when undisclosed); amount_as_reported: exactly what the source said
- currency: currency of the round as reported
- post_money_usd_m: post-money valuation in US$ millions, when the source states it
- lead_investors: semicolon-separated lead investors we could identify
- source_name / source_url: the public source for the row
- source_type: reported (news or company announcement) or filing (e.g. SEC Form D)
- confidence: high or medium (low-confidence rows are left out)

## fund-closes columns

- fund_id, firm, fund, vintage
- date / date_basis: stated_close (a final close date is stated), announced (the close announcement date) or sec_form_d (a date stated in the SEC Form D linked in source_url: its filing date or its date of first sale; a Form D is a filing, not a final close, so read vintage for the fund's year)
- size_usd_m / size_as_reported / currency
- strategy_family: flagship, growth, opportunity, seed, etc.
- source_name / source_url

## Verification

Checked 2026-11-11. Every row checked against its own linked source: SEC Form D rows by a deterministic EDGAR XML check, all others by independent verifiers reading text extracted from the source. Lead, stage and post-money values the source does not support are blanked; rows whose entity, amount or date is contradicted or not found are left out.
Of the rows that met the rules below, 1479 were confirmed; after merging
8 duplicate copies of the same round, 1471 ship here
(381 with a lead, stage or post-money value blanked because the source did not support it).
Left out after the check: 73 contradicted by their source,
126 whose source did not show enough to check,
92 whose source could not be reached (paywall, block or removed page).

## Known limits

- announced is the date of the source we link to, which can differ from the company's own announcement by a few days. For rounds sourced to an SEC Form D it is a date the filing states (date of first sale, or the filing date).
- lead_investors lists the leads we could identify; blank does not mean the round had no lead.
- A random 30-row spot check against the linked sources ran on 2026-11-10; rows it found contradicted by
  their source are held out (heldByVerifier below) until corrected.

## How rows were picked

Funding rounds: funding rounds only (no IPOs, acquisitions or debt), not rumored, not low confidence,
with a source URL and a day- or month-precise date on or before 2026-11-10; rounds still in review,
rounds reported only second-hand, and companies known only from portfolio pages are left out.
Rows left out this snapshot:
- heldByVerifier: 1
- notFundingRound: 174
- rumored: 28
- lowConfidence: 3
- noSourceUrl: 75
- noDayOrMonthDate: 28
- afterAsOf: 0
- needsReview: 0
- hedged: 1
- portfolioCandidate: 0
- verifierWrong: 55
- verifierInsufficient: 92
- verifierUnreachable: 79
- notVerified: 0
- duplicateRound: 8

Fund closes: funds marked closed, reported (not estimated or rumored), with a source URL and a date on or
before 2026-11-10; parallel and feeder vehicles, funds with conflicting sizes and quarantined fundraises are left out.
Rows left out this snapshot:
- heldByVerifier: 0
- notClosed: 642
- notReported: 0
- sideVehicle: 31
- noSourceUrl: 865
- noDate: 38
- afterAsOf: 0
- conflict: 2
- quarantined: 0
- verifierWrong: 18
- verifierInsufficient: 34
- verifierUnreachable: 13
- notVerified: 0

## Changes

The snapshot is refreshed by re-running scripts/statistics/build-dataset.mjs. Row ids are stable across
snapshots; a corrected row keeps its id.