Understanding Rootdata: A Powerful Web3 Early Project Discovery Tool and Data Platform

Author: Gu Yu, ChainCatcher

How to discover high-quality early-stage web3 projects and capture market trend signals is one of the most important topics in the crypto industry. Although the crypto market has recently entered one of its coldest periods in years, it has not stopped those quality projects from continuing to build and shine in the next cycle.

At the same time, the number of projects and the density of information in the Web3 industry are still rapidly increasing, leading to the emergence of many on-chain data analysis tools. Projects like Dune and Nansen have greatly assisted users in analyzing on-chain data trends. However, for projects with complex information, on-chain data alone is not sufficient to reflect the full picture; projects with actual effective on-chain data may account for less than one-third of all Web3 projects.

How can one view information about a project's investors, team, news, etc.? How to get a comprehensive view of a public chain ecosystem's development? How to understand a venture capital firm's investment portfolio and preferences? In the past, there was no platform that could aggregate all this information simultaneously, often requiring users to navigate many different websites. Now, Rootdata is dedicated to helping Web3 enthusiasts and investors meet these information needs in a one-stop manner, visually presenting the relationships between projects, individuals, and venture capital firms, effectively improving users' project information acquisition efficiency and early project discovery efficiency.

Rootdata starts from the investment and financing data of the crypto market, identifying, filtering, and optimizing the current complex information in the crypto industry, presenting project tags, chains, teams, investment backgrounds, related news, parent/child organizations, etc., in a visual and structured manner, to avoid users falling into the complicated "information vortex."

Currently, Rootdata has launched seven functional modules, including fundraising, projects, investors, ecosystem map, tag map, tool navigation, and collections, with many practical features being gradually improved. This article will provide a detailed overview and explanation of all the functions of the Rootdata platform to help users better understand and utilize the product.

On the "Fundraising" page, Rootdata has arranged almost all publicly available fundraising records in the crypto field in chronological order, totaling nearly 4,000 entries. At the same time, users can filter by different tags, fundraising scale, chain, round, and valuation, such as NFTFi projects with a fundraising scale between $1 million and $5 million.

On the "Projects" page, Rootdata has included over 6,400 Web3 projects, sorted by the latest inclusion time by default (users can also choose a comprehensive sort based on project popularity). Here, users can find the latest Web3 projects, with over 100 new projects added each week.

Additionally, users can filter projects by different tags, chains, investors, token issuance status, latest valuation, region, and operational status, such as "DeFi projects on Solana that have not issued tokens," "testnet projects on Aptos," "unlaunched projects invested by Binance Labs," and "NFT projects located in the UK," significantly improving project search efficiency.

By clicking on any project, users can enter the project homepage to view detailed information about the project, including its introduction, chain, financing records, related news, similar products, etc. All project introductions are compiled by Rootdata based on the project's official website, public reports, and internal verification by professional analysts to ensure accuracy, comprehensiveness, and timeliness.

On the "Investors" page, Rootdata has included over 3,000 investment institutions and individuals currently in the Web3 field, categorized by their attributes into crypto-native funds, traditional venture capital funds, crypto projects, angel investors, etc., allowing users to filter by category. Additionally, users can filter based on the establishment time and operational status of each institution.

On the "Ecosystem Map" page, Rootdata ranks over 150 Layer 1/2 projects based on the number of ecosystem projects, allowing users to view the development status of any Layer 1/2 ecosystem and specific ecosystem projects. Users can also filter the ecosystem map in detail based on sub-tags, rounds, valuations, operational status, etc., including unlaunched projects and testnet projects.

Taking the Arbitrum ecosystem as an example, Rootdata has recorded 340 ecosystem projects. In this interface, users can still filter interesting crypto projects based on sub-tags, rounds, valuations, operational status, etc., while unlaunched projects and testnet projects will be specifically marked.

On the "Tag Map" page, Rootdata categorizes all Web3 projects into nine major tracks: infrastructure, DeFi, NFT, gaming, CeFi, DAO, tools & information services, social entertainment, and others. Each track has more vertical classifications and tags; for example, under the NFT track, there are tags like NFTFi, NFT AMM, digital fashion, etc., and under the DAO track, there are investment DAOs, service DAOs, DAO solutions, etc., to facilitate readers in finding projects in specific directions.

On the "Dashboard" page, Rootdata has visualized a vast amount of fundraising and other data, making it easier for users to understand the trend changes in primary market fundraising over selected time periods, the number and amount of financing in each month and quarter across various tracks, the top 10 projects with the largest fundraising scale, and the ecosystem status of different public chains.

On the "Tool Navigation" page, Rootdata has organized various popular data products and tool websites according to different functions and purposes, including comprehensive tools, DeFi tools, NFT tools, learning and educational tools, etc., to enrich users' functional choices.

On the "Project Collections" page, Rootdata clusters and integrates scattered data based on different characteristics, summarizing them into project list collections. Users can learn about information such as "2022 Crypto Industry Dead Project List," "Binance Historical Incubation Project List," "Coinbase Former Employees' Startup Project List," "YC Historical Incubation Project List," etc.

Taking the "2022 Crypto Industry Dead Project List" as an example, this collection includes a list of projects that announced the cessation of operations, bankruptcy, or long-term website inaccessibility in 2022, which has sparked widespread dissemination on social media like Twitter.

In addition, on the homepage, Rootdata also features a very practical small function that lists recently launched mainnet and testnet projects, allowing users to discover new investment, interaction, and innovation opportunities.

As a simple and user-friendly data platform for the crypto industry, Rootdata hopes to help a wide range of crypto practitioners and enthusiasts discover more high-quality, interesting, and reliable projects in a timely manner through the systematic organization of current market project information, thereby exploring the development patterns and trends of the entire industry and tracks.

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