Silicon Valley partner Victoria “Vicky” Lee was one of the driving forces behind the firm’s website, Accelerate, which supplies the startup world with firm-vetted data about things such as financing deals and acquisition prices and allows users to filter and sort data for further analysis. Lee is among the five finalists for the Innovator of the Year Award. The winner will be announced Nov. 6 as part of the California Leaders in Tech Law and Innovation Awards. She recently told The Recorder about what drove DLA to collate the market data and create the site.

The Recorder: What was the problem you set out to address through the Accelerate website?