29 comments

  • Ecco 17 hours ago ago

    For some reason all the datapoints seems to be shifted a few miles south-west.

    • west_subject 14 hours ago 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.

  • spiralcoaster 17 hours ago 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.

    • west_subject 14 hours ago 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 17 hours ago ago

      Jamaica Bay has _all_ the VCs in NYC!

      • west_subject 14 hours ago ago

        please dont kill me, it's the package i'm using. i'll use a better one when i get the time.

  • mushufasa 17 hours ago ago

    Marc Andreessen: "The warm intro is the first test."

    • west_subject 14 hours ago ago

      well, you might find someone on this list, who might be connected to a GP at a16z. cant discount that idea.

  • victorbjorklund 17 hours ago ago

    Link does not work

    • ngsevers an hour ago ago

      I’m still getting DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN for apparent.social from Thailand. Might be a DNS propagation or regional DNS issue?

    • west_subject 14 hours ago ago

      https://apparent.social/heat-map

      sorry if you had some trouble opening it up.

  • AndrewKemendo 16 hours ago ago

    Were previously open to cold emails

    • west_subject 14 hours ago 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 17 hours ago ago

    Does the post explain how the data was obtained? Or is it simply some kind of scraped list to get attention?

    • west_subject 14 hours ago ago

      i collected and curated it over the months. Also, what attention? this is free for all. always will be.

      • pkoird 8 hours ago ago

        i'm sorry, I meant attention of the project (as in surfacing it). It'd be worth specifying your methodology somewhere in the page. That is arguably an important piece of important.

  • sixhobbits 17 hours ago 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

    • west_subject 14 hours ago 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 17 hours ago ago

    would be nice to be able to simply get the list instead of having an ominous heatmap

    • west_subject 14 hours ago ago

      I will make it happen tonight. keep in touch.

  • baddash 16 hours ago ago

    all the chicago ones are swimming out in lake michigan

    • irishcoffee 16 hours ago ago

      All the Annapolis ones must be on their yachts in the bay

      • west_subject 14 hours ago ago

        it's the map package that i'm using. it's they got mangled up.

      • west_subject 14 hours ago ago

        lmaooo

    • west_subject 14 hours ago 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 16 hours ago ago

    I will fund this!

    • west_subject 14 hours ago ago

      reach out comrade. happy to talk. hello@apparent.social

  • philippz 16 hours ago ago

    great, this helps no one

    • west_subject 15 hours ago 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.