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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. |