Ethan
Finkel

Writing about venture, data, software, and whatever I'm building next.

Projects

VC Software

The software directory for venture capital.

NextRounds

A free database of venture fundraising data.

Gauge

Helping brands tell their story to AI.

Data

Data projects and internet experiments.

August 22, 2025

New Mission

I've joined Gauge to help companies provide LLMs context.

Past posts

More writing

April 3, 2025

Improving LLM In-Context Learning at Standard Metrics

LLMs are only as good as the data they are provided.

July 28, 2024

DuckDB + Evidence.dev for Analyzing VC Data

July 3, 2024

Data Strategy in Venture Capital

In the last five years, the best VC firms have focused on data collection and centralization. However, only a small subsection have a plan and get it right.