> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://apidoc.cufinder.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Total Funding Increase

> The company's total funding raised increased.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `total_funding_increase`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    Funding
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Funding records (cumulative total).
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

The company's total funding raised increased.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `total_funding_usd` increases between snapshots.
</Card>

## Magnitude

High, any increase reflects fresh capital.

<Note>
  For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see [Magnitude buckets](/buying-signals/concepts/magnitude-buckets).
</Note>

## Why it matters

Even without a named round, rising total funding signals capital inflow worth chasing. Total funding can rise via extensions, bridge rounds, or debt that don't always register as a named round, this catches capital events the round-name signal might miss.

## How to read it

<CardGroup cols={1}>
  <Card title="Catch-all">
    Captures raises that don't show as a named round.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Capital inflow">
    Any increase means new money to deploy.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Corroborates">
    Use alongside funding\_round\_announced for confirmation.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  High-value. Treat like a funding round; verify the source of the increase.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="Funding Round Announced" href="/buying-signals/signals/funding/funding-round-announced">
    A new funding round was announced.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Last Funding Round Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/funding/last-funding-round-change">
    The company's funding stage advanced.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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