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Recent Funding blog
Data notes from Recent Funding: funding rounds, accelerator cohorts, and how the dataset is built. Every figure comes from the public API and links to its source.
Crypto startup leaderboard: 2026 year to date
Which crypto startups on Recent Funding lead in 2026 on four sourced measures (capital raised this year, smart-account follows, developer activity, and team size), with sample sizes, every figure linked to its source, and what the lists cannot tell you.
Deal flow in 2026: why investors keep finding the same startups, and what early signals actually help
What venture investors say is broken about sourcing and screening deals, how signal-based sourcing works with Frontrun VC as the worked example, what Recent Funding's own data shows about lead time, accelerator pipelines and data quality, and a checklist with API calls.
Frontrun stealth builders: startups flagged before they announced a raise
Companies Frontrun VC flagged before their funding was public, crypto first and then all sectors, with how many days early each was flagged, smart-follow counts, and how to pull the list from the Recent Funding API.
Team size and developer activity at crypto startups
How Recent Funding counts the people on a crypto startup's team page and the developers committing to its public GitHub, what those numbers can and cannot tell you, and every crypto company that has them.
The crypto startup API: endpoints for stealth signals, teams, and raises
A developer guide to the Recent Funding API for crypto startups. Find companies Frontrun flagged early, sort by team size and GitHub activity, pull sourced funding rounds, and filter by accelerator, with curl examples and real responses.
Why use Recent Funding to track crypto startups
What Recent Funding does differently as a crypto startup directory, stated as counts and pipeline behavior rather than claims. Sourced raises, review corrections, Frontrun early flags, team and developer signals, accelerator tags, and a free API.
Crypto startups that raised in the last 90 days
Every crypto company on Recent Funding with a sourced round announced between June 28 and September 26, 2026, ranked by amount, with breakdowns by sector and stage.
How Recent Funding sources and verifies startup funding data
Where Recent Funding's companies and funding amounts come from, the rules that decide whether a news headline counts as a raise, and how review corrections removed valuations and acquisition prices stored as rounds.
Largest seed and pre-seed rounds on Recent Funding (September 2026)
The biggest seed and pre-seed amounts in Recent Funding's dataset as of September 26, 2026, plus every seed and pre-seed round announced in September. Each figure links to its source.
Using the Recent Funding API
A hands-on guide to the Recent Funding API. Filter recently funded startups, page through results, pull recent rounds with their sources, and handle errors, with curl and JavaScript examples.
Y Combinator companies on Recent Funding
Every company Recent Funding links to Y Combinator as of September 26, 2026, by industry and stage, with sourced amounts for the ones whose raise is known, and how other accelerators compare.
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