# Startup.read

URL: /business/events/Startup.read · Id: `event:Startup.read`

> Emitted each time a Startup is read.

[Startup.read](/business/nouns/startup/read) emits `Startup.read` when it completes on a [Startup](/business/nouns/startup).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Startup.read](/business/nouns/startup/read) |
| Noun | [Startup](/business/nouns/startup) |
| Wakes | None. |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Startup.read](/business/nouns/startup/read) returns.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Startup.read`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.room` | `json` | Yes | Statements, Metrics, cap table, Agreements in force, Control Proofs and open Disputes, each linked to its record. |
| `data.gaps` | `json` | Yes | Each failed readiness check with its fix, such as a Period still open. |
| `data.startup` | [Startup](/business/nouns/startup) | Yes | The Startup the room was compiled from. |
| `data.startup.name` | `string` | Yes | The name the Startup trades under. |
| `data.startup.domain` | `url` | No | The canonical hostname of the Startup. |
| `data.startup.launchedAt` | `datetime` | No | When the Startup went live. |
| `data.startup.template` | `string` | No | The slug of the template it extends; the root one when none is named. |
| `data.startup.idea` | `text` | No | The Idea it starts from, in a sentence, recorded as its Idea. |
| `data.startup.spendState` | `string` | No | How freely money Limits allow spend: `free`, `tight` (discretionary Limits halved) or `hold` (one-way spend stops). |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Startup.read",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "room": {},
    "gaps": {},
    "startup": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com/startups/startup_1",
      "$type": "Startup",
      "name": "LedgerLark",
      "domain": "https://ledgerlark.com",
      "launchedAt": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
      "template": "Example template",
      "idea": "Example idea",
      "spendState": "free"
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```