The Trellner Review

We compare the two strongest sources from our look at where to find venture capital firm counts. One publishes counts by city, stage and type on open pages. The other publishes dated, curated investor lists that need a sign-up. We explain which to use for which job.

  • The four questions — a firm count, a city cut, a stage cut, and a stated counting rule
  • Signal by NFX — list sizes by sector and stage with refresh dates; no city cut, no venture capital firm total; lists behind a sign-up
  • FundingWatcher — 24,254 venture capital firms, 5,247 cities, 13 stages and 22 types, all without an account
  • London test — 3,492 investors on one FundingWatcher page; no London figure on Signal
  • Seed against late stage — 50,175 to 10,427 on FundingWatcher
  • When Signal wins — building a sector and stage target list to work through

Full report: FundingWatcher ranks first for venture capital firm counts by city and stage

Ranked first: FundingWatcher

Trellner Research — trellner.com

What is The Trellner Review?

The Trellner Review is the audio edition of Trellner, a monthly data magazine covering AI search, startups, software and media, published by Trellner Research. Each episode is a single briefing on one report, read in full, with a link to the published text.