1) Only 2% of startups ever exit through acquisition or IPO according to analysis of Crunchbase data.
2) While the number of startups being founded has increased over time, there has not been enough time yet to determine if the rate of startup exits is also increasing.
3) By using a Crunchscoring algorithm and Crunchbase startup profiles, the chance of correctly predicting which startups will exit can be doubled compared to random chance.
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Exacaster crunchscore presentaiton
1. Whats your CrunchScore?
Testing Startup Myths with CrunchBase Data
#oohack Helsinki Data Hackathon, October 16, 2012
Exacaster Team
Sarunas / Egidijus / Rokas / Andrius / Vidmantas / Justas
sarunas@exacaster.com
2. Only 2% Of Startups Did Ever Exit
acquired or IPOed
2%
raised funding
23%
founded
75%
3. Are We Getting Better at Doing Startups Over
Time?
Ignore not
enough
time to exit, yet
Year company formed
6. Our CrunchScoring Algo + Startup CrunchBase profile =
Double The Chance of Picking the Right Startup
9%
8%
7%
6%
5%
8% of companies later
exiting within the
cohort with a Top
4% Predicted
CrunchScore
3%
4% of companies later
exiting within the
2%
cohort with a Low
Predicted
1% CrunchScore
0%
Top 500 scorers sold Remaining companies sold
7. Brought to You in 10 hours by:
#oohack
Helsinki Data
Hackathon, Oc
tober 16, 2012