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title: "Deploy frequency spikes: 12% of VC-backed startup signals — VC Deal Flow Signal"
url: https://signals.gitdealflow.com/research/deploy-frequency-spikes-12-percent
description: "Deploy frequency spikes are 12% of observations (26 of 219)."
source: VC Deal Flow Signal
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# Deploy frequency spikes: 12% of VC-backed startup signals

## Claim

Deploy frequency spikes are 12% of observations (26 of 219).

## Why it matters

Small teams sprinting toward a milestone are about 1 in 8. Often correlates with launch dates.

## Source section

§3.3 Signal classification of the SSRN preprint.

## How to cite

> Deploy frequency spikes are 12% of observations (26 of 219). — VC Deal Flow Signal (GitDealFlow), §3.3 Signal classification, https://ssrn.com/abstract=6606558.

## Canonical

https://signals.gitdealflow.com/research/deploy-frequency-spikes-12-percent