Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about our shutdown investigations, capital mortality index, editorial verification, and contributor playbooks.
General Inquiries & Methodology
Venture Graph is an independent intelligence index tracking the startup lifecycle, venture capital deployment, and startup mortality. We provide forensic post-mortems on collapsed companies, breaking funding alerts, and practical strategic playbooks for founders, investors, and operators.
Our data is synthesized from regulatory filings, bankruptcy court records, investor disclosures, direct founder interviews, audited capital databases, and verified primary sources. Every dispatch is reviewed for accuracy before publication.
Each post-mortem examines the startup’s timeline, total capital raised, peak valuation, key investors, core failure mechanism (such as premature scaling, unit economic deficit, or fraud), and the strategic lessons founders should take away to prevent similar outcomes.
Yes. We actively welcome verified tips, anonymous shutdown briefings, and factual corrections. You can reach our research desk directly through our contact page or by submitting an editorial tip.
Our live ticker and news dispatches are updated hourly during market hours as venture funding rounds, major layoffs, and wind-down announcements occur. In-depth post-mortem case studies are published weekly.
All published post-mortems, news alerts, and category archives on Venture Graph are currently free to read. You can subscribe to our weekly email dispatch to receive our latest shutdown breakdowns and curated intelligence directly in your inbox.
We categorize case studies by funding bracket (Under $10M, $10M–$50M, $50M–$100M, and $100M+ Unicorns), sector (AI, FinTech, SaaS, E-Commerce), funding origin (VC-backed vs. bootstrapped), and primary failure pattern.
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