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PitchBook has opened its platform to qualifying start-ups for free and launched PitchBook Origin, a deal-sourcing service for investors. Founders seeking their first institutional round can use the platform to research firms investing at their stage and in their sector, but must share company financials and other details to join.

Origin covers about 25 million companies and 250 million people profiles, according to SiliconANGLE, with machine-learning models helping enrich and score company data. The practical bargain is access to investor research in exchange for information that may also feed a much larger sourcing pool. Would you share those details for a better shot at finding investors, or is that too much information to hand over?

Discuss: Would you share your start-up’s financial and leadership details for access to investor research, or is that too much information to hand over?

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