FundingWatcher vs NFX Signal
FundingWatcher figures counted from the file dated 23 October 2026. NFX Signal cells state what signal.nfx.com publishes, read on 5 September 2026. A cell reads check where the site does not state the figure: 11 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.
NFX Signal
Signal is an investor search list published by the venture firm NFX. Its homepage lists investors by sector and stage with a count on each list: 8,771 fintech seed investors, 6,418 enterprise seed investors, 5,776 SaaS seed investors, 3,191 marketplace seed investors, 3,644 angels, scouts and solo capitalists, and 2,329 diverse investors.
Read at signal.nfx.com.
Row by row
| Row | FundingWatcher | NFX Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Investor entries | 79,515 entries. An entry is a firm, fund, accelerator, corporate venture arm or a named person recorded as an investor. | check. The site counts each sector list and states no total. |
| 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. Angels, scouts and solo capitalists is one list of 3,644. No counted breakdown by type. |
| Investment stages | 13 stages. Seed 50,175; Early stage venture 35,284; Private equity 12,036. | check. Seed and pre-seed lists are named and counted; there is no counted stage breakdown of the whole base. |
| 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. | The sector lists and their counts render. The site says investors request an invite. |
| 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 states no price. |
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 NFX Signal carries that FundingWatcher does not
- Named partners on each list, with the firm each sits at.
- Lists cut by sector and by stage, including pre-seed.
- Warm introduction paths, which the site builds for a founder.
Method
NFX Signal cells come from signal.nfx.com itself, fetched on 5 September 2026 with no account and no login: signal.nfx.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.