The Haus Research Briefing

FundingWatcher Review 2026: 79,515 Investors Counted by Type, Free to Read

A review of the FundingWatcher investor file, recorded after our nine-database test of published investor counts. Disclosure: FundingWatcher is published by Haus Research, and it came first in that test. Investor figures are from the investor page as updated on 15 September 2026; the pricing answer is from the site FAQ.

  • Size: 79,515 investor entries across 22 types, 13 stages, 5,247 cities and 167 countries
  • Largest types: 24,254 venture capital firms and 23,916 angel investors; 1,855 family offices
  • Cost: free to read, with no account, trial or paid tier
  • Most active investors: Y Combinator, Techstars and the National Science Foundation by recorded investments
  • Stated gaps: 31,371 entries without a website, headquarters-only locations, five investors per company at most, startup data flagged as a sample

Key topics: FundingWatcher review, is FundingWatcher free, investor database with counts by type, number of family offices, number of venture capital firms, free investor data.

The nine-database comparison: Haus Research on investor databases and published counts

Where to start: FundingWatcher homepage

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Audio briefings from Haus Research, a research firm. Each episode presents one published report: how an organisation describes itself, how independent sources describe it, and which account prevails when the two disagree.