FORENSIC TOOLKIT MANUAL
How to interpret and interact with the data artifacts
Time-to-Failure
A Kaplan-Meier survival estimator. It calculates the probability of a startup remaining "alive" over time based on their funding stage.
💡 HOVER to see survival % at specific year marks.The Spider's Web
Visualizes the connective tissue between investors and their failed bets. Thick clusters reveal high-risk network nodes.
🖱️ DRAG nodes to reorganize the chaos.Forensic Flows
The Sankey (Fatal Flaw) diagram maps value propositions to their ultimate failure modes. It reveals industry-specific "death patterns".
👆 CLICK boxes to isolate a specific flow.Global Access
Every data point across all charts is connected to a full autopsy report from the graveyard database.
💀 CLICK any point to reveal the sidebar autopsy.TIME-TO-FAILURE ANALYSIS
Survival Probability by Funding (Kaplan-Meier Estimator)
All startups in this analysis eventually failed → curves reach 0%.
FUNDING DENSITY BY CATEGORY
Ridgeline (Joy Plot) showing distribution of total capital burned (Log Scale)
THE "SPIDER’S WEB"
Investor-Founder Network
BOTTLENECK DETECTOR
Horizontal Bar Chart (Aggregated Blockers)
BARRIER MATRIX
Heatmap: Sector vs. Difficulty Type
PROBLEM TREEMAP
Size: Count | Color: Average Lifespan (Years)
THE "FATAL FLAW" FLOW
Sankey Diagram: Value Proposition vs. Cause of Death
THE "BURN ZONE"
Lifespan vs. Funding (Interactive Scatter Plot)