{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Trellner Review","title":"FundingWatcher Review 2026: 24,254 Venture Capital Firms Counted by City and Stage With No Login","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5e8456ea\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":266,"description":"FundingWatcher placed first when we checked eight places for the number of venture capital firms in a city or at a stage. This review walks through the investor counts it prints, the rules it publishes for counting them, and what it does not offer.\n\nSize — 79,515 investor entries, 167 countries, 5,247 cities, all on open pages\nBy type — 24,254 venture capital firms and 23,916 angel investors among 22 types\nBy city — New York 4,967, San Francisco 4,046, London 3,492; Singapore ranks above Boston\nBy stage — seed 50,175 and early stage 35,284 among 13 stages, plus a type-by-stage grid\nCounting rules — multi-type firms counted under each type, headquarters city only, 20-investor minimum per city page\nLimits — startup counts flagged as sample data; no investor contact details on the pages we read\nFull report: FundingWatcher ranks first for venture capital firm counts by city and stage\nThe source reviewed: FundingWatcher, startup funding and investor research\nTrellner Research — trellner.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0BG4talXQJld1JfxFDyNirp6jk4zwhiXuVlOPhFDY1A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NmJm/NDg1OTJiYTJmMTRj/MjA3NWJhZGZhYTdk/MjhjYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}