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As we saw with the collapse of FTX, the Web3 space leaves a lot to be desired in terms of transparent information about companies, fundings, management and a slew of other data that really is commonplace and \u2018de rigueur\u2019 in the \u2018normal\u2019 tech industry. And there are far too many so-called \u2018Web3 analyst\u2019 houses that are borderline conflicted.<\/p>\n
But, let\u2019s face, it the \u2018Web2\u2019 space doesn\u2019t have all the answers either. Subscribing to platforms like Pitchbook and Crunchbase can be an expensive business, expecially for the for the everyday individual builder who doesn\u2019t have access to a corporate expense account, making it difficult to access reliable, trustworthy, web3 data for the average person.<\/p>\n
After a while in Beta, a new startup, now formally coming out of the gate, hopes to change this. <\/p>\n
EdgeIn is a new database platform which it says is aiming to \u201clevel the playing field for builders in Web3\u201d to \u201cerode Big Venture\/Hedge\u2019s advantage\/stranglehold\u201d over the market, it says. <\/p>\n
Put simply, the platform is pulling in lots of different data sets in a familiar database format and making it either (mostly) freely available or charging a low subscription.<\/p>\n
The Web3 dataset on companies, projects and investments will cost $14.99\/month, and offer real-time updates on companies, people, deals and events. Unusually, it will also offer emails of users on the platform (I\u2019m not sure how that will play with Europe\u2019s GDPR however).<\/p>\n
Cofounder and CEO Redg Snodgrass told me the idea for the platform came from \u2018scratching his own itch\u2019 in terms of a desire to get reliable data for discovery, due diligence and competitive analysis: \u201cWe spoke with 100s of investment analysts and associates (the workhorses) and heard the same pain points over and over. Crunchbase is stale and unreliable. Pitchbook is too expensive and out of reach especially for web3-specific data. Other incumbents in the space move too slow. Everyone wanted a better, more collaborative experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are currently two user journeys on the site: company and investor. The platform pulls in lots of data sets from partners such as Harmonic.ai or Amberdata, and indexes companies itself. A companies page offers \u2018Recently Discovered\u2019 Web3 projects. This is a short view of a company, plus users can tag-up companies, add a reaction or add it to a personal list.<\/p>\n
It also displays a company index which can be filtered on funding, geography, trending, recently acquired or shut down.<\/p>\n
An activity timeline shows events related to a company listing, such as fundraising, acquisitions, hiring events, plus the company\u2019s team, as well as investment data. On the Investors page you can see they invest in certain tags, but a user can also contrast with their actual deals.<\/p>\n
Finally, if users see missing data, they can make suggestions on the platform which \u2013 EdgeIn claims \u2013 can be acted upon in around an hour.<\/p>\n
EdgeIn claims to have indexed over 90% of the Web3 market to date, and listed 50,000 Web3 companies and projects, with 4,000 active investor profiles and over 20,000 builders. The company eventually plans to target Generative AI, AR\/VR and a few other alpha markets.<\/p>\n
Community members have free access to around 25,000 published companies, and since anyone can provide data, EdgeIn wants to create incentivize structures for that, such as with tokens. In addition, EdgeIn will be releasing an API.<\/p>\n
Founded by Snodgrass, Ashley Brown and Raymond Lopez, the company is currently bootstrapping and has raised $400,000 from a handful of angel investors including Mike Dinsdale (Akkadian Ventures, DocuSign, DoorDash, Gusto), Mike Borozdin (DocuSign, Google), Jeremy Clover (Circle), Pedram Amini, Bayo Okusanya and Ulises Merino N\u00fa\u00f1ez. The company is now in the process of raising a $1.5M pre-seed round at an $8 million cap.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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