Startup Investments Analysis Dashboard

Project Overview

This project analyzes startup investment data from Crunchbase, providing insights into funding trends, market sectors, and geographic distributions. The data is visualized through an interactive Streamlit dashboard, featuring 8 key insights. The dashboard is designed for deployment on Streamlit Cloud and is documented in this GitHub repository.

Objectives

• Clean and preprocess the Crunchbase dataset to ensure data integrity.
• Build an interactive Streamlit app with visualizations for startup investment analysis.
• Deploy the app on Streamlit Cloud for public access.
• Provide clear documentation for setup, usage, and troubleshooting.

Dataset

Source: Kaggle: Startup Investments (Crunchbase)
File: investments_VC.csv

• Download the dataset and place investments_VC.csv in the project root directory (/workspaces/StartupDataDeck or equivalent).
• Required Columns: name, funding_total_usd, market, country_code, status (among others like region, category_list).
• Note: If you’ve edited the CSV, ensure column names match (e.g., no spaces like ' funding_total_usd ') and data types are consistent (e.g., funding_total_usd should be numeric).

Key Insights

The dashboard provides the following visualizations:

1. Top Markets by Total Funding: Bar chart of total funding by market sector.
2. Top Countries by Number of Startups: Pie chart of startup counts by country.
3. Funding by Startup Status: Bar chart of funding totals by status (e.g., operating, closed).
4. Top Regions by Funding: Bar chart of funding by geographic region.
5. Most Funded Startups: Bar chart of top-funded startups by name.
6. Funding Distribution by Market: Pie chart of funding distribution across markets.
7. Average Funding by Market: Bar chart of average funding per market.
8. Startup Status Breakdown: Pie chart of startup status distribution.