FundComb

Overview

FundComb is a web-based investor research database covering venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, family offices and other private-market investors. It suits founders, market researchers and anyone checking who is behind an investment firm. Its clearest advantage is the combination of free public search with transaction comparisons that include source trails and confidence labels.

Key features

Search by investor name, sector or city, browse curated lists by geography and investor type, and open public profiles or build custom lists. FundComb says its database covers more than 870 funds across more than 71 countries. That gives users a focused starting point for investor discovery, though the stated coverage is a defined database rather than a claim to include every investor.

Transaction comparisons add another useful angle: FundComb says it has 152 published transactions and 113 price or multiple records. Source trails and confidence labels make those comparisons more assessable than bare figures. Its data draws on investor websites, regulatory filings, official announcements, portfolio pages, public profiles and manual corrections. Data freshness is monthly, so users with a need for more frequent updates should weigh that cadence against their research needs.

Investor profiles include portfolio company data and contact details, while export is supported. Users can report profile corrections through feedback links, and FundComb says it checks them against public evidence. The Data API offers read access to published profiles and transaction comps, but is currently a managed beta for eligible Data-plan workspaces, not a generally open integration. Workspaces can have up to 10 active keys, scope them to investor and/or comps reads, and revoke them immediately. API rows carry source, confidence, attribution and rights fields; users must review each response’s rights policy.

Pricing

Free: free, billed Free. Public investor search, profiles and ranked lists are free without an account, paywall or data limits, making FundComb unusually easy to evaluate and useful for occasional discovery. Free access does not make the API generally available: API use is a managed beta for eligible Data-plan workspaces. There is no free trial because the public search itself is free.

Platforms

FundComb is available on the web and through an API. The web product supports discovery and profiles directly; API access has the eligibility and beta limitations described above. No mobile app platform is indicated.

Who it's for

FundComb is a sensible fit for people raising a round, mapping a market or checking the ownership behind an investment firm. Founders can use its search and lists to identify potential investors; researchers can consult profiles and transaction comps, with the source and confidence details helping them judge individual records. It is less suitable when a project depends on unrestricted API access or a faster-than-monthly data refresh.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Public search, profiles and ranked lists cost nothing and require no sign-up, so users can investigate before committing to a workflow.
• Pros: Transaction comps include source trails and confidence labels, giving users context for evaluating published deal figures.
• Pros: API keys can be scoped and promptly revoked, while published rows carry attribution and rights fields.
• Cons: The API is a managed beta limited to eligible Data-plan workspaces, which makes it a poor choice for teams needing immediate, self-serve API access.
• Cons: Monthly data freshness may not suit research where current investor or transaction changes are critical.

Alternatives

For a broader shortlist, browse Investor Databases. Choose Venture Intelligence instead if a weekly roundup of major deals and market developments better fits the task; its Free Weekly Edition costs nothing. VCPeer is another freemium web-and-API option: its free tier includes public search, 30 signed-in Ask answers per day, advanced filters and comparison, one watchlist and three saved searches, but no exports.

Preqin is a paid alternative with a free trial and web, Android, iOS and API access; its Preqin Pro subscription depends on modules. FindFunding.vc is a free, open-source web database for readers who prefer that approach. PitchBook is a paid web option. Investor Hunt may suit readers considering a paid web service with a trial; its Basic plan is $57 a year. AcquityData offers a seven-day full-access free trial for its web service. Angels Partners is a freemium web alternative.

Verdict

Choose FundComb if you want a no-cost, no-sign-up route to investor discovery and value transaction comparisons with visible sourcing and confidence cues. Its main trade-offs are monthly freshness and API access limited to an eligible managed beta. For straightforward research, those limits are easier to accept than for a time-sensitive data pipeline.