FundingWatcher vs Tracxn
FundingWatcher figures counted from the file dated 23 October 2026. Tracxn cells state what tracxn.com publishes, read on 5 September 2026. A cell reads check where the site does not state the figure: 9 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.
Tracxn
Tracxn sells a company and sector tracking platform. Its pricing page states 7.7M+ companies, 290K+ investors, 1.8M+ funding rounds, 226K+ acquisitions, 3K+ feeds and 55.4K+ business models, and splits access into a free Lite plan and a Premium plan sold by contacting sales.
Read at tracxn.com.
Row by row
| Row | FundingWatcher | Tracxn |
|---|---|---|
| Investor entries | 79,515 entries. An entry is a firm, fund, accelerator, corporate venture arm or a named person recorded as an investor. | 290K+ investors, stated on the pricing page. |
| 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. | The pricing and marketing pages. The Lite plan is free with stated usage limits and needs a sign up. |
| Round by round history | No. The startup file carries the most recent round only. | Yes. 1.8M+ funding rounds are stated. |
| Valuations | No, apart from the billion dollar mark used to count unicorns. | Yes. Valuation and cap tables are listed under due diligence. |
| Contacts | No. No email addresses and no phone numbers. Individual people are not published. | check. Founders and board members are listed as data, with no contact fields stated. |
| API | No. | The pricing page carries a heading for integrations and APIs, and lists mobile apps, browser extensions and a Google Sheets plugin under it. Terms: check. |
| Price | Free. Nothing on the site is sold. | Lite is free. Premium is contact sales, with no figure stated. |
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 Tracxn carries that FundingWatcher does not
- 1.8M+ funding rounds and 226K+ acquisitions.
- Valuations and cap tables, listed under due diligence.
- Revenue and financials, employee count trends and founder backgrounds.
- 3K+ feeds and 55.4K+ business models as a taxonomy.
- A deal flow CRM, portfolio tracker and alerts.
Method
Tracxn cells come from tracxn.com itself, fetched on 5 September 2026 with no account and no login: tracxn.com/, tracxn.com/pricing. 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.