{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Haus Research Briefing","title":"HR-2026-14: FundingWatcher and the investor databases that publish their counts","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/94297085\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":290,"description":"Report HR-2026-14 asked nine investor databases one question, with no account on any of them: will you tell a reader how many venture capital firms you hold, on a page they can open? Only one answered in full. FundingWatcher takes first place.\n\nOne test, nine sites — a count must be readable without a login, be about investors, subdivide the file, and carry a date\nThe date condition — it removed more sites than the other three conditions combined\n22 types, 13 stages — from venture capital firms at 24,254 down to pension funds at 74\nThe rules beside the numbers — why the type and stage columns add up to more than the file total\nA limits section that runs long — 31,371 entries with no website, five investors carried per company, recent months incomplete\nWhat the other eight print instead — headline totals, curated list lengths, and one bot challenge page\nRead the report: HR-2026-14: Investor Databases Ranked by Published Counts for 2026\nThe database placed first: startup funding rounds and the investors behind them\nHaus Research — hausresearch.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8ZjGPl32W8OA7c2kadKPpFrlXywsx-ikUvQNYKM2zkQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMzI3/OWUyNzA1NzRhNWM0/ZDZjMWE3M2U1ZDYz/ZGI4My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}