FundingWatcher vs Preqin
FundingWatcher figures counted from the file dated 23 October 2026. Preqin cells state what preqin.com publishes, read on 5 September 2026. A cell reads check where the site does not state the figure: 14 of 16 rows here.
FundingWatcher
FundingWatcher is a research publication of Haus Research covering startup funding rounds and the investors behind them. The investor file holds 79,515 entries with investor type, investment stage, headquarters city, region and country, founding year, website and the counts of recorded investments, lead investments and exits. The startup file holds 166,525 companies whose most recent round is dated and named as a stage the site publishes. Both halves are published as list pages, plus one page per figure, and every page prints the data date.
Preqin
Preqin is an alternative assets data provider, described in its own page title as a part of BlackRock. Its homepage lists Preqin Pro for alternative assets data, company and deals intelligence, fund terms benchmarking, a compensation calculator, Preqin Profiles for investor, manager and company data, and free benchmarks.
Read at preqin.com.
Row by row
| Row | FundingWatcher | Preqin |
|---|---|---|
| Investor entries | 79,515 entries. An entry is a firm, fund, accelerator, corporate venture arm or a named person recorded as an investor. | check |
| Investor types | 22 types. Venture capital firms 24,254; Angel investors 23,916; Private equity firms 9,693; Investment partners 6,734; Startup accelerators 3,207. | check |
| Investment stages | 13 stages. Seed 50,175; Early stage venture 35,284; Private equity 12,036. | check |
| Cities | 5,219 cities. New York 4,967; San Francisco 4,046; London 3,492; Los Angeles 1,390; Singapore 1,084. | check |
| Countries | 167 countries. | check |
| Most active investors | Y Combinator 8,719; Techstars 6,842; National Science Foundation 4,642, by recorded investments. | check |
| Data date | 23 October 2026, printed on every page. | check |
| Counting rules | Stated on the method page. An investor is counted once per type and once per stage it carries, so type and stage counts add to more than 79,515. Location counts use the headquarters address only. | check |
| Limits | Stated on the method page. A count of recorded investments counts what the source records, not every investment made. 31,384 entries carry no website. An investor with no published location is absent from every location count. | check |
| Citation line | Yes. Every figure page prints a line with the number, the data date and the URL. | check |
| Readable without an account | Every page. No login, no trial, no gate. | Marketing pages and free benchmarks. The rest sits behind a free account. |
| Round by round history | No. The startup file carries the most recent round only. | check |
| Valuations | No, apart from the billion dollar mark used to count unicorns. | check |
| Contacts | No. No email addresses and no phone numbers. Individual people are not published. | check |
| API | No. | check |
| Price | Free. Nothing on the site is sold. | check. The site routes to a free account and a demo, and states no figure. |
What FundingWatcher answers
| Question | Answer | Page |
|---|---|---|
| How many venture capital firms are headquartered in London? | 1,053 | Venture capital firms in London |
| How many investors record a seed stage? | 50,175 | Seed investors |
| How many angel investors are on file? | 23,916 | Angel investors |
| Which city holds the most investors, and how many? | New York, 4,967 | Cities with investors |
| Which investor has the most recorded investments? | Y Combinator, 8,719 | Investors |
What Preqin carries that FundingWatcher does not
- Fund benchmarks and fund terms.
- Investor, manager and company profiles under Preqin Profiles.
- A private capital compensation calculator.
- Capital raising and investor relations tooling.
Method
Preqin cells come from preqin.com itself, fetched on 5 September 2026 with no account and no login: preqin.com/. Where a page does not state a figure the cell reads check rather than a guess, and a number quoted from a third party is not used at all. FundingWatcher cells are counted from the file dated 23 October 2026 by the same code that writes the dated snapshots. Counting rules and what the figures cannot say are on the method page.