Startup
Use the startups node to get information about startups.
A limit on the number of objects to be returned, between 1 and 100.
Retrieving Startups
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Example to get demo data with token as URI query-string parameter:
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/?token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJyb2xlIjoiZGVtbyIsIm5iZiI6MTYyNTA1MTUxMiwiZXhwIjoxNjI1MDU1MTEyLCJpYXQiOjE2MjUwNTE1MTIsImlzcyI6InBhcnNlcnMubWUifQ.rdmNPQgq5M2_cMSYG__-q3hK8IvLo7PWeO4VmW0pzAIyCVtRDp7PqlxHbW_arPCUkypQgJJmBW2fHbnp72mlig5u83fB1_8tmFUdlXHVLxZC0b0Bg7A4LITt7hTidmsqrZB5ynGSDTmh-DtUzqCYVaT4g1g1q_ekwX3Uz0usCnNcrCG6xmxK35ma90CP5-R4j01-YSQbhRlcS9SsOw9J0Bac86kypZhGT5_XSvM0bcLSwQzf6VMWzIqLDOpWseaMCKV2hLVgQCr8xJTsZm2w8Tg6mUagWwewdfwnaez0t1MI_7aZjaLkRvaYT4JKPOqWCXZFrSJjeMG_n56seT6Dyg
We don't recommend it for non demo access, because URI parameters can end up in log files that are not completely secure.
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
[
{
"Id": "26e2f029-f797-40e9-b86e-01a0d2164075",
"Website": "http://8i.com/",
"Name": "3D Video of People"
},
...
{
"Id": "537c965d-530e-4eb7-b39a-527e9b94d612",
"Website": "http://abridge.com/",
"Name": "Abridge"
}
]
The data response payload contains the array of startups.
Retrieving Basic Startup Information
Basic Startup properties
| Id | Startup Id |
| Name | Startup Name |
| Website | Startup Website |
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/{startupId}
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
{
"Id": "26e2f029-f797-40e9-b86e-01a0d2164075",
"Website": "http://8i.com/",
"Name": "8i"
}
The data response payload contains specific startup.
Retrieving Advanced Startup Information
When you query a startups it returns a set of basic fields by default, as the examples above show. However, you can specify which fields you want returned by using the select parameter and listing each field. This overrides the defaults and returns the fields you specify, and the Id of the object, which is always returned.
Advanced Startup properties
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| Logo | Startup Logo |
| Description | An array of Descriptions collected from various sources |
| An array of Twitter pages collected from various sources | |
| An array of Facebook pages collected from various sources | |
| An array of Instagram pages collected from various sources | |
| An array of LinkedIn pages collected from various sources | |
| Medium | An array of Medium pages collected from various sources |
| Youtube | An array of Youtube pages collected from various sources |
| An array of Emails collected from various sources | |
| AngelList | An array of AngelList pages collected from various sources |
| ProductHunt | An array of ProductHunt pages collected from various sources |
| Location | An array of Locations collected from various sources |
| Phone | An array of Phones collected from various sources |
| FacebookLikes | Facebook Likes count |
| Founded | Foundation year |
| FoundersName | Startup founders names |
| FoundersRelatedLocations | Locations where founders were born, studied, worked or lived. |
| TotalRaised | Total amount raised across all funding rounds |
| MembersCount | Members count |
| LastActivity | Last activity date |
| Tags | Venture Fund Category Tags |
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/{startupId}?$select=Id,Name,Website,Logo,Description,Twitter,Facebook,Instagram,LinkedIn,Medium,Youtube,Email,AngelList,Location,Phone,FacebookReview,FacebookLikes,FacebookCheckIns,Founded,FounderName,Tags
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
{
"Id": "26e2f029-f797-40e9-b86e-01a0d2164075",
"Website": "http://8i.com/",
"Name": "8i",
"Logo": "http://www.dolbyventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/8i-logo-landscape.png",
"Description": "is transforming video capture and playback to deliver a new medium for all display devices.",
"Twitter": [],
"Facebook": [],
"Instagram": [],
"LinkedIn": [],
"Medium": [],
"Youtube": [],
"Email": [],
"AngelList": [],
"FacebookReview": null,
"FacebookLikes": null,
"FacebookCheckIns": null,
"Phone": [],
"Founded": null,
"Location": [],
"FounderName": null,
"Tags": [
"Video",
"Virtual reality",
"3D",
"Augmented reality",
"Platform"
]
}
The data response payload contains specific startup.
This parameters can be used with collections and specific records.
Retrieving Related Entities
Related Startup entities
| Funds | Startup's investors |
| FundingRounds | Startup's funding rounds |
| References | News with startup references |
Retrieving Startup with investors
Investor properties
| Id | Fund Id |
| Name | Fund name |
| Website | Fund website |
| InvestmentDateStamp | Date the startup was added to fund's portfolio |
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/{startupId}?$expand=Funds
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
{
"Id": "26e2f029-f797-40e9-b86e-01a0d2164075",
"Website": "http://8i.com/",
"Name": "3D Video of People",
"Funds": [
{
"Id": "8abb4e27-b6c2-4a08-8604-5f796d86efa5",
"Name": "Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments",
"Website": "https://www.bdmifund.com",
"InvestmentDateStamp": null
}
]
}
Retrieving Srartup Funding Rounds
Funding Round properties
| Id | Funding Round Id |
| Date | Date that the Funding Round was published |
| Series | Funding Round type |
| Amount | Total amount in USD raised in Funding Round |
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/{startupId}?$expand=FundingRounds
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
{
"Id": "d5fb818e-b1d7-4144-bcc8-0053068849b7",
"Name": "Upgrade",
"Website": "http://upgrade.com/",
"FundingRounds": [
{
"Id": "841936f7-e984-4703-bd7c-267d86f46a05",
"Date": "2020-06-17T00:00:00",
"Series": "Series D",
"Amount": 40000000
},
{
"Id": "624e68b5-700b-4767-aaee-641f103d046b",
"Date": "2018-08-23T00:00:00",
"Series": "Series C",
"Amount": 62000000
}
...
]
}
Additionally you can get the Investors and News related to the round by using FundingRounds.Investors and FundingRounds.References expand parameters.
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/{startupId}?$expand=FundingRounds,FundingRounds.Investors,FundingRounds.References
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
{
"Id": "d5fb818e-b1d7-4144-bcc8-0053068849b7",
"Name": "Upgrade",
"Website": "http://upgrade.com/",
"FundingRounds": [
...
{
"Id": "f0523355-6b52-459a-8c70-85d51056fe1c",
"Date": "2017-04-12T00:00:00",
"Series": "Series A",
"Amount": 60000000,
"Investors": [
{
"Id": "4e240154-b0c4-4610-b3cb-af3037790505",
"Name": "UNION SQUARE VENTURES",
"Website": "https://www.usv.com/",
"InvestmentRole": "Investor"
}
],
"References": [
{
"Id": "337a1629-c138-4eca-afc0-7d9ca199bcb1",
"Title": "Upgrade Closes $60M Series A Financing",
"Date": "2017-04-12T00:00:00",
"Description": "Upgrade, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based consumer...",
"Category": "USA",
"Author": null
},
{
"Id": "fc386088-1ad0-4a08-9b34-66b44ed91f8f",
"Title": "Upgrade Raises $60M from Union Square Ventures",
"Date": "2017-04-12T00:00:00",
"Description": "Upgrade, Inc. (http://www.upgrade.com) today announced...",
"Category": null,
"Author": null
}
]
}
...
]
}
Retrieving Srartup Post Valuations
Post Valuation properties
| Id | Post Valuation Id |
| Date | Date that the Valuation was published |
| Amount | Total amount in USD |
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/{startupId}?$expand=PostValuations
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
{
"Id": "791fe69b-8fbe-4fc6-9b68-e2c906e89b29",
"Name": "Angellist",
"Website": "https://angel.co/",
"PostValuations": [
{
"Id": "bc833903-836a-41b3-9eb8-04ad7692b84a",
"Date": "2012-12-14T00:00:00",
"Amount": 150000000
}
]
}
Additionally you can get the News related to the valuation by using PostValuations.References expand parameters.
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/{startupId}?$expand=PostValuations,PostValuations.References
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
{
"Id": "791fe69b-8fbe-4fc6-9b68-e2c906e89b29",
"Name": "Angellist",
"Website": "https://angel.co/",
"PostValuations": [
{
"Id": "bc833903-836a-41b3-9eb8-04ad7692b84a",
"Date": "2012-12-14T00:00:00",
"Amount": 150000000,
"References": [
{
"Id": "50f15c28-248a-4f3f-be14-1953945327fa",
"Title": "AngelList Raising A Big Round, To Be Valued at $150 Million Or More",
"Date": "2012-12-14T00:00:00",
"Description": "AngelList, a service that matches early stage ...",
"Category": "Angellist",
"Author": "Leena Rao"
}
]
}
]
}
Retrieving Startup with references
Reference properties
| Id | News Id |
| Title | News title |
| Date | News published date |
| Description | News description |
| Category | News category |
| Author | News author |
| Source | Source website page |
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/{startupId}?$expand=References
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
{
"Id": "d5fb818e-b1d7-4144-bcc8-0053068849b7",
"Name": "Upgrade",
"Website": "http://upgrade.com/",
"References": [
{
"Id": "6e98f4f0-f2fd-4cbe-9f4a-03e25d0b16d3",
"Title": "Upgrade Launches Unique Rewards Checking Account",
"Date": "2021-01-14T00:00:00",
"Description": "\r\nSAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Upgrade, Inc...",
"Category": null,
"Author": null,
"Source": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/upgrade-launches..."
},
{
"Id": "2a786975-5882-4dbf-ba84-1341f94e5d55",
"Title": "Upgrade launches checking accounts and debit cards",
"Date": "2021-01-14T00:00:00",
"Description": "Fintech startup Upgrade has been positioning itself...",
"Category": "challenger bank, Fintech, neobank, Startups, upgrade",
"Author": "Romain Dillet",
"Source": "https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/14/upgrade-launches..."
},
...
]
}
You can specify which fields you want returned by using the select parameter and listing each field. This overrides the defaults and returns only the fields you specify, and the Id of the object, which is always returned.
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/{startupId}?$expand=References&$select=Reference.Title,Reference.Description
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
{
"Id": "d5fb818e-b1d7-4144-bcc8-0053068849b7",
"References": [
{
"Id": "6e98f4f0-f2fd-4cbe-9f4a-03e25d0b16d3",
"Title": "Upgrade Launches Unique Rewards Checking Account",
"Description": "\r\nSAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Upgrade, Inc..."
},
{
"Id": "2a786975-5882-4dbf-ba84-1341f94e5d55",
"Title": "Upgrade launches checking accounts and debit cards",
"Description": "Fintech startup Upgrade has been positioning itself..."
},
...
]
}
This parameters can be used with collections and specific records.
Retrieving Startup with people
Person properties
| Id | Person Id |
| FirstName | First Name |
| LastName | Last Name |
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/{startupId}?$expand=People
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
{
"Id": "824bc844-186b-47d3-bbfd-01f98ae3cd0d",
"Name": "Confide",
"Website": "https://getconfide.com/",
"People": [
{
"Id": "4a505beb-dfae-475d-9de0-6bb42d97665e",
"FirstName": "Dan",
"LastName": "Sutera"
},
{
"Id": "20fea0be-94ce-464c-a876-fefae002ce76",
"FirstName": "Jeffrey",
"LastName": "Grossman"
}
]
}
You can specify which fields you want returned by using the select parameter and listing each field. This overrides the defaults and returns only the fields you specify, and the Id of the object, which is always returned.
Retrieving people with positions
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/startups/{startupId}?$expand=People,Person.Positions
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter
Success responce:
Status 200 OK
{
"Id": "824bc844-186b-47d3-bbfd-01f98ae3cd0d",
"Name": "Confide",
"Website": "https://getconfide.com/",
"People": [
{
"Id": "4a505beb-dfae-475d-9de0-6bb42d97665e",
"FirstName": "Dan",
"LastName": "Sutera",
"Positions": [
{
"Position": "Founder",
"Level": null
},
{
"Position": "Chief Operating Officer",
"Level": "Chief"
}
]
},
{
"Id": "20fea0be-94ce-464c-a876-fefae002ce76",
"FirstName": "Jeffrey",
"LastName": "Grossman",
"Positions": [
{
"Position": "Founder",
"Level": null
}
]
}
]
}
This parameters can be used with collections and specific records.