| { |
| "name": "vc-deal-flow-signal-startup-engineering-acceleration", |
| "title": "VC Deal Flow Signal — Startup Engineering Acceleration Dataset", |
| "description": "Quarterly panel of GitHub engineering-velocity signals across venture-backed startups, covering 20 sectors and 5 quarters. Tracks commit velocity, contributor growth, repository expansion, and acceleration-signal classification. Designed for venture-capital deal sourcing, academic study of open-source development patterns, and predictive modeling of startup funding events.", |
| "homepage": "https://gitdealflow.com", |
| "version": "1.0.0", |
| "created": "2026-04-19", |
| "keywords": [ |
| "venture-capital", |
| "startups", |
| "github", |
| "open-source", |
| "engineering-velocity", |
| "commit-activity", |
| "deal-flow", |
| "alternative-data", |
| "funding-prediction", |
| "repository-analytics" |
| ], |
| "licenses": [ |
| { |
| "name": "CC-BY-4.0", |
| "title": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", |
| "path": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" |
| } |
| ], |
| "contributors": [ |
| { |
| "title": "VC Deal Flow Signal", |
| "email": "signal@gitdealflow.com", |
| "role": "author" |
| } |
| ], |
| "sources": [ |
| { |
| "title": "GitHub REST API v3 — public repository metadata", |
| "path": "https://docs.github.com/en/rest" |
| } |
| ], |
| "resources": [ |
| { |
| "name": "startup_signals", |
| "path": "startup_signals.csv", |
| "profile": "tabular-data-resource", |
| "format": "csv", |
| "mediatype": "text/csv", |
| "encoding": "utf-8", |
| "description": "One row per startup per quarterly period. Primary observation table.", |
| "schema": { |
| "fields": [ |
| { |
| "name": "period", |
| "type": "string", |
| "description": "Quarterly period slug (e.g. q2-2026)." |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "sector_slug", |
| "type": "string" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "sector_name", |
| "type": "string" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "startup_name", |
| "type": "string", |
| "description": "GitHub organization slug." |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "stage", |
| "type": "string", |
| "description": "Self-reported funding stage." |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "geography", |
| "type": "string", |
| "description": "ISO region grouping (US, EU, APAC, LATAM, Canada, Unknown)." |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "commit_velocity_14d", |
| "type": "integer", |
| "description": "Total commits to the most active public repo over a rolling 14-day window." |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "commit_velocity_change_pct", |
| "type": "number", |
| "description": "Percent change in commit velocity vs. the preceding 14-day window." |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "contributors", |
| "type": "integer", |
| "description": "Unique contributors in the observation window." |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "contributor_growth_pct", |
| "type": "number" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "new_repos", |
| "type": "integer", |
| "description": "New public repos created by the org in the window." |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "signal_type", |
| "type": "string", |
| "description": "One of: Framework migration, Engineering hiring burst, Infrastructure buildout, Deploy frequency spike." |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "github_url", |
| "type": "string", |
| "format": "uri" |
| } |
| ], |
| "primaryKey": [ |
| "period", |
| "startup_name" |
| ] |
| } |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "sector_aggregates", |
| "path": "sector_aggregates.csv", |
| "profile": "tabular-data-resource", |
| "format": "csv", |
| "mediatype": "text/csv", |
| "description": "Sector-level aggregates per quarter.", |
| "schema": { |
| "fields": [ |
| { |
| "name": "period", |
| "type": "string" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "sector_slug", |
| "type": "string" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "sector_name", |
| "type": "string" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "startups_tracked", |
| "type": "integer" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "avg_commit_velocity_14d", |
| "type": "number" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "median_commit_velocity_14d", |
| "type": "number" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "total_commits_14d", |
| "type": "integer" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "avg_contributors", |
| "type": "number" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "positive_velocity_count", |
| "type": "integer", |
| "description": "Number of startups with positive velocity change this period." |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "top_mover_name", |
| "type": "string" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "top_mover_change_pct", |
| "type": "number" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "dominant_signal_type", |
| "type": "string" |
| } |
| ], |
| "primaryKey": [ |
| "period", |
| "sector_slug" |
| ] |
| } |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "signal_type_timeseries", |
| "path": "signal_type_timeseries.csv", |
| "profile": "tabular-data-resource", |
| "format": "csv", |
| "mediatype": "text/csv", |
| "description": "Distribution of signal types across startups each quarter.", |
| "schema": { |
| "fields": [ |
| { |
| "name": "period", |
| "type": "string" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "signal_type", |
| "type": "string" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "startup_count", |
| "type": "integer" |
| }, |
| { |
| "name": "share_of_total", |
| "type": "number", |
| "description": "Share of all observations in the period (0-1)." |
| } |
| ], |
| "primaryKey": [ |
| "period", |
| "signal_type" |
| ] |
| } |
| } |
| ] |
| } |
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