1. Solid academic background is done by analyzing the team track record and experience together with the open source activity

2. We do not pretend to predict success.. Any company that appears on the list comply to three simple roles: raised large series A, below 25 employees and in SF bay area. The tags are there as an additional analysis that each user can decide how to interpret.

Makes sense now ?

To learn more on the thinking process behind the scenes check this post - https://labs.yodas.com/the-story-behind-yodas-hyper-47d3151d...