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)

X: TOTAL FUNDING (LOG SCALE) Y: VALUE PROP CATEGORIES

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)

X: LIFESPAN (YEARS) Y: FUNDING (LOG) SIZE: MARKET POTENTIAL

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