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Yes. The professional version API provides financing round data (including date, amount, valuation, investors, and source links), which can be pulled in batches as needed; the web version's filtered results can also be continuously tracked with the watchlist.
This indicates that the amount for this financing has not been disclosed or the data team is currently unable to verify it; the record itself is valid; if you need to supplement, you can submit a source link through the information modification entry.
In the investors view, sort by 'number of investments (in the past year)' in descending order; those at the top are the institutions that have been most active in the past year, and then combine with 'most recent investment date' to exclude those that have stopped investing.
Switch to the investors view and search for the institution's name, then enter its detail page to view the complete investment records, including time, round, amount, and invested projects.
The left-side amount filter provides quick ranges in seven tiers under <
100M, and you can also enter minimum and maximum values in the custom input box (unit: ten thousand USD) and click confirm for precise range filtering.
As of October 2026, the section has recorded over 10,300 financing events, with a total financing amount exceeding $121 billion, and the data is continuously updated as disclosures are made. (Based on the latest disclosures from RootData)
It displays the institution's name, establishment date, most recent investment date, number of investments (in the past year), cumulative investment count, and total fundraising amount, and can be filtered by venture capital type, establishment date, and other dimensions.
The list includes seven columns: project, round, amount, valuation, date, source, and investors; the * after the investor's name indicates the lead investor, and +N indicates there are more investors not fully displayed.
You can subscribe to the investment and financing market research section of RootData Research to receive systematic interpretations of monthly and semi-annual reports without needing to compile raw data yourself.
Enter the project detail page to check the team background, token economics, and on-chain data, and combine with the growth and heat index of the project database for secondary screening.
Verify based on the source link attached to the record; if it is confirmed that the media report is incorrect, you can submit a correction through the information modification entry, and the data team will verify and update.
No, it does not equal. The cumulative number includes exited and ceased operations projects, representing the total historical investment count rather than current holdings; ceased projects can be cross-verified with death lists and related research reports.
Caution is advised. Some valuations are based on the disclosure point, and when comparing across cycles, market environment differences should be considered; records without disclosed valuations show '--'.
No, it is not complete. The data is bounded by public disclosures, and small financings that have not been publicly announced, some OTC and debt transactions may be missing, resulting in a total count lower than the actual market occurrence.
It counts the number of investment events participated by the institution over a rolling 12-month window, including lead and non-lead participation; multiple rounds of investment in the same project are counted separately.
It is based on the statements in official announcements and source links; institutions clearly stated as lead investors in the announcements will be marked with an *, while investors listed without an explicit lead designation are not marked as lead investors.
The platform provides credibility references for financing events, assessing based on source cross-validation; records with a single or unverifiable information source will be marked with lower credibility, and users can filter as needed.
It is continuously collected from publicly disclosed information by AI agents and the data team, structured into the database after manual cross-verification, with each record attached to a source link for users to verify themselves.
RootData Fundraising is the platform's investment and financing data section, covering over 10,300 financing events and over 6,900 investors, including two views: financing events and investors, with each financing record attached to a source link and details of the investors.