Show HN: I made a heatmap of 3400 VCs who are open to cold emails

 (apparent.social)

23 points | by west_subject 9 hours ago

12 comments

  • Ecco 8 hours ago
    For some reason all the datapoints seems to be shifted a few miles south-west.
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    • west_subject 5 hours ago
      i think the mapcn package i'm using. i think it's best if change it, honestly. it got mangled up, when i started plotting a certain number of pins.
  • mushufasa 8 hours ago
    Marc Andreessen: "The warm intro is the first test."
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    • west_subject 5 hours ago
      well, you might find someone on this list, who might be connected to a GP at a16z. cant discount that idea.
  • spiralcoaster 8 hours ago
    You have some kind of bias in the dataset or the visualization. It's showing places in "Boston" to be south east of the city in a completely different location.
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    • west_subject 5 hours ago
      it's the mapcn package i'm using. after i plotted 300 points, the spacing got fucked up. just the spacing tho. everything else works.
    • syndacks 8 hours ago
      Jamaica Bay has _all_ the VCs in NYC!
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      • west_subject 5 hours ago
        please dont kill me, it's the package i'm using. i'll use a better one when i get the time.
  • victorbjorklund 8 hours ago
    Link does not work
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  • AndrewKemendo 7 hours ago
    Were previously open to cold emails
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    • west_subject 5 hours ago
      well, this solves their biggest problem of sourcing newer startups. which is the whole reason they made their emails public. they're def open to newer ideas and startups that they could fund.
  • pkoird 8 hours ago
    Does the post explain how the data was obtained? Or is it simply some kind of scraped list to get attention?
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    • west_subject 5 hours ago
      i collected and curated it over the months. Also, what attention? this is free for all. always will be.
  • sixhobbits 7 hours ago
    And here's a similar list of 3400 VCs who suddenly find themselves a lot less open to cold email

    https://apparent.social/heat-map

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    • west_subject 5 hours ago
      i dont think so tbh. they willingly made their emails open to the public. they have a sourcing problem for all we know
  • high_byte 8 hours ago
    would be nice to be able to simply get the list instead of having an ominous heatmap
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    • west_subject 5 hours ago
      I will make it happen tonight. keep in touch.
  • baddash 7 hours ago
    all the chicago ones are swimming out in lake michigan
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    • irishcoffee 7 hours ago
      All the Annapolis ones must be on their yachts in the bay
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    • west_subject 5 hours ago
      LMAO yes, so are the bay area ones. I used mapcn ,which is a free tool to make those pins. it kinda got mangled up in the process.
  • comrade1234 7 hours ago
    I will fund this!
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    • west_subject 5 hours ago
      reach out comrade. happy to talk. hello@apparent.social
  • philippz 7 hours ago
    great, this helps no one
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    • west_subject 5 hours ago
      well, this helps people who're having trouble finding out public facing email addresses of investors at various VC firms. thought i'd make it easier for founders to reach out to GPs and angels who'd wanna talk.
  • Danii27 7 hours ago
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