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license: cc-by-4.0 task_categories: - tabular-classification language: - en tags: - venture-capital - product-hunt - benchmark - startup-prediction size_categories: - 10K<n<100K
PHBench
PHBench maps 67,292 featured Product Hunt posts to 528 verified Series A outcomes within 18 months of launch (2019-2025).
Dataset Description
- Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.XXXXX
- Website: https://phbench.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/ihlamury/vc-market
- License: CC BY 4.0
Dataset Structure
| Split | Posts | Positives | Positive Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 47,071 | 372 | 0.79% |
| Validation | 6,753 | 53 | 0.78% |
| Test | 13,468 | 103* | 0.76% |
*Test labels withheld. Submit predictions to benchmark@vela.partners for scoring.
Features
61 engineered features per post including engagement signals (votes, comments, reviews), rank signals (daily, weekly, monthly rank), maker features (count, followers), temporal features, topic flags, and interaction terms.
Citation
If you use PHBench please cite: Ihlamur et al. PHBench: A Benchmark for Predicting Startup Series A Funding from Product Hunt Launch Signals. arXiv 2026.