I gave it another try after many years and I must say since last year or so they made significant improvement in performance and speed. Another area they shine particularly well is privacy. They made some privacy features baked into the browser itself, which is a good move.
Crunchbase and Crunchbase-like platforms are more data-centric as they give you exhaustive feed of startups with the amount of funding raised, while FundingHunt is a story-centric platform, which is more human way to consume this kind of information.
Also, features like upvoting and discussion thrive more significantly if it has a user-submitted model rather than automated feed.
The model of FundingHunt is similar to Hacker News or Product Hunt. All the funding stories are user-submitted in order to maintain the quality and consistency of posts.
We all love to read and discuss startup funding, don’t we. It works as adrenaline for current and future entrepreneurs. I created this small product called FundingHunt, one place where you can check out all the funding stories, post new stories, upvote funding event of companies you love and admire, dive into discussions and give your opinion at http://www.fundinghunt.co/