Data & Verification

How The Prospect Board finds companies and confirms them.

Where the companies come from:

VC Funding News

This platform tracks the outlets and newsletters that report when companies raise venture capital. It surfaces startups the moment they secure fresh funding and start spending on growth.

NYC Expansion News

This platform follows the business and commercial real estate press that reports when established brands expand into New York. It catches companies opening flagships, signing major leases, or entering the US market.

The Official Record

Companies are checked against the SEC's EDGAR database, the U.S. government's public record where companies file certain fundraises. It is the authoritative source this platform uses to confirm and clean the information gathered from the news.

Sources

VC Funding News

  • TechCrunchthe most widely-read technology and startup news publication, known for breaking funding-round news.
  • Strictly VCa respected daily venture-capital newsletter read across the VC industry.
  • Axios Pro RataAxios's dealmaking newsletter by Dan Primack, one of the most-read briefings in venture capital and M&A.
  • Fortune Term SheetFortune's daily newsletter covering the biggest venture and private-market fundraises.
  • Crunchbase Newsthe editorial arm of Crunchbase, the standard database for startup funding data.
  • Reuters Technologywire-service reporting on major funding rounds and tech deals, rigorous and neutral.
  • Bloomberg Technologytop-tier business journalism covering major fundraises, valuations, and deal activity.
  • PitchBook Newsthe news arm of the industry-standard private-market data provider, strong on round sizes and valuations.
  • Siftedthe Financial Times-backed publication covering European startups, useful for catching international companies early.

NYC Expansion News

  • The Real Dealthe leading NYC real estate trade publication, known for its monthly office-lease roundups.
  • CoStarthe dominant US commercial real estate data and news company; its reporting is industry-standard.
  • Bisnowa well-established commercial real estate news outlet covering office markets city by city.
  • Commercial Observera respected NYC-focused commercial real estate publication (part of Observer Media).
  • WWD (Women's Wear Daily)the authoritative century-old fashion-industry trade paper, the gold standard for retail and apparel brand news.
  • Chain Store Agea long-running retail-industry trade publication focused on store openings and expansions.
  • PR Newswire / Business Wire / GlobeNewswireofficial press-release distributors; these are the company's own announcements, reliable for confirming a company said something rather than independent analysis.

How each company is verified:

Verified

Verified

A US company whose raise appears in official SEC records.

Discovered

Discovered

A real, press-reported US company we haven't yet matched to an official SEC filing.

Discovered · Intl

Discovered · Intl

A foreign company, which can't file with the SEC, so reputable press reporting is the source.

Every company on the board links to its original source article, so any listing can be checked at its source.