cff-version: 1.2.0
title: "VC Deal Flow Signal — Startup Engineering Acceleration Dataset"
message: "If you use this dataset, please cite it as below."
type: dataset
authors:
  - name: "The Data Nerd"
    affiliation: "VC Deal Flow Signal"
    website: "https://gitdealflow.com"
    email: "signal@gitdealflow.com"
version: "1.0.0"
date-released: "2026-04-19"
url: "https://gitdealflow.com"
repository-artifact: "https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/signals.csv"
doi: "10.5281/zenodo.19650920"
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: "10.5281/zenodo.19650920"
    description: "Version DOI for v1.0.0"
  - type: doi
    value: "10.5281/zenodo.19650919"
    description: "Concept DOI — resolves to the latest version"
license: "CC-BY-4.0"
keywords:
  - venture-capital
  - startups
  - github
  - engineering-velocity
  - alternative-data
  - panel-data
  - deal-flow
preferred-citation:
  type: dataset
  title: "A Longitudinal Panel of GitHub Engineering Velocity for Venture-Backed Startups: Dataset and Early Observations"
  authors:
    - name: "The Data Nerd"
      affiliation: "VC Deal Flow Signal"
  year: 2026
  doi: "10.5281/zenodo.19650920"
  url: "https://zenodo.org/records/19650920"