I did a similar post on r/startups but didn’t get too many good answers.

I have a platform with a cool free feature that helps companies (or people) get the dataset they need, we’re talking about commercial/valuable datasets here - so you don’t have to spend weeks or months searching. I know there are tons of startups out there that need datasets (i.e for AI/ML model etc…), but there isn’t really a place where you can find them since they don’t really post their data request online.

Here are a few things I’ve done:
- Reach out to data related communities on Reddit (and LinkedIn w/ less success)
- Cold emailing startups with our value proposition
- Go to networking events to explain our value proposition

These options do work sometimes but are hard to scale. I’m iterating on how I deliver our message to increase response rate but I’m wondering if there are any other channels or ideas out there that I haven’t explored.

Note: we’re not actually selling the dataset, we act as a marketplace!