VC fund

 

Use the funds node to get information about funds.
A limit on the number of objects to be returned, between 1 and 100.

Retrieving Funds

GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/funds/
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/funds/?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": "6d44434a-75be-48e6-9132-0031ef4a8518",
        "Name": "Benjamin Novak",
        "Website": "www.benjamindavidnovak.com"
    },
...
    {
        "Id": "254eebdd-d225-4e87-8c0b-00376375bc6d",
        "Name": "Broadway Angels",
        "Website": "http://www.broadway-angels.com"
    }
]

The data response payload contains the array of funds.

Retrieving Basic Fund Information

Basic Fund properties

Id Venture Fund Id
Name Venture Fund Name
Website Venture Fund Website 
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/funds/{fundId}
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter

Success responce:

Status 200 OK

{
    "Id": "6d44434a-75be-48e6-9132-0031ef4a8518",
    "Name": "Benjamin Novak",
    "Website": "www.benjamindavidnovak.com"
}

The data response payload contains specific fund.

Retrieving Advanced Fund Information

When you query a funds 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 Fund properties

Logo Venture Fund Logo
Description An array of Descriptions collected from various sources
Headquarters Venture Fund Headquarters
Twitter An array of Twitter pages collected from various sources
Facebook An array of Facebook pages collected from various sources
Instagram An array of Instagram pages collected from various sources
LinkedIn 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
Email 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
StartupsCount Startups count
MembersCount Members count
Founded Foundation year
Investment Type Investment Type (Private Equity Firm, Venture Capital, Hedge Fund, Accelerator, Incubator, Fund of Funds)
Investment Stage Investment Stage (Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A ...)
LastActivity Last activity date
Tags Venture Fund Category Tags 
GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/funds/{fundId}?$select=Id,Name,Website,Logo,Description,Twitter,Facebook,Instagram,LinkedIn,Medium,Youtube,Email,AngelList,Location,Phone,FacebookReview,FacebookLikes,FacebookCheckIns,StartupsCount,MembersCount,Tags
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter

Success responce:

Status 200 OK

{
    "Id": "ae607db9-8c5e-49d1-92cf-edb3d7d718a3",
    "StartupsCount": 115,
    "MembersCount": 11,
    "Name": "Ulu Ventures",
    "Website": "https://www.uluventures.com",
    "Logo": "https://uluventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ulu_Logo_107x42.png",
    "Description": "With deep connections to Stanford and Silicon Valley, Ulu Ventures is a venture capital firm that actively seeks and funds women and diverse founder teams.",
    "Twitter": [
        "https://twitter.com/uluventures"
    ],
    "Facebook": [],
    "Instagram": [],
    "LinkedIn": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ulu-ventures/"
    ],
    "Medium": [],
    "Youtube": [],
    "Email": [
        "info@uluventures.com"
    ],
    "AngelList": [],
    "FacebookReview": null,
    "FacebookLikes": null,
    "FacebookCheckIns": null,
    "Location": [],
    "Phone": [],
    "Tags": [
        "Platform",
        "Software",
        "Data",
        "Service",
        "FinTech"
    ]
}

The data response payload contains specific fund.
This parameters can be used with collections and specific records.

Retrieving Related Entities

Related Fund entities

Groups Fund group
References News with fund references
News News published by the fund

Retrieving Fund with groups

GET https://vcapi.parsers.me/v2/funds/{fundId}?$expand=Groups
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter

Success responce:

Status 200 OK

{
    "Id": "ae607db9-8c5e-49d1-92cf-edb3d7d718a3",
    "Name": "Ulu Ventures",
    "Website": "https://www.uluventures.com",
    "Groups": [
        {
            "Id": "286b1f91-0ea5-4062-8d00-1ff222e4f65d",
            "Name": "All"
        },
        {
            "Id": "952d3502-f5c3-4280-89ed-a7c87983f77e",
            "Name": "PaloAlto"
        }
    ]
}

Retrieving Fund 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/funds/{fundId}?$expand=References
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter

Success responce:

Status 200 OK

{
    "Id": "ae607db9-8c5e-49d1-92cf-edb3d7d718a3",
    "Name": "Ulu Ventures",
    "Website": "https://www.uluventures.com/",
    "References": [
        {
            "Id": "83922e85-c558-44c9-bbcd-af985a455a48",
            "Title": "Sounder Raises $2.15M in Follow-on...",
            "Date": "2021-03-02T00:00:00",
            "Description": "This new round of funding will allow...",
            "Category": null,
            "Author": null,
            "Source": "http://www.prweb.com/releases/sounder_raises..."
        },
        {
            "Id": "a4da3da1-1f76-4dd7-bd45-faf2146cb3e1",
            "Title": "Energy investment roundup: $50M for...",
            "Date": "2020-06-21T00:00:00",
            "Description": "Despite this miserable year, renewable energy...",
            "Category": null,
            "Author": null,
            "Source": "https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/06/21/energy-investmen..."
        }
    ]
}

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/funds/{fundId}?$expand=References&$select=Reference.Title,Reference.Description
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter

Success responce:

Status 200 OK

{
    "Id": "ae607db9-8c5e-49d1-92cf-edb3d7d718a3",
    "References": [
        {
            "Id": "83922e85-c558-44c9-bbcd-af985a455a48",
            "Title": "Sounder Raises $2.15M in Follow-on...",
            "Description": "This new round of funding will allow..."
        },
        {
            "Id": "a4da3da1-1f76-4dd7-bd45-faf2146cb3e1",
            "Title": "Energy investment roundup: $50M for...",
            "Description": "Despite this miserable year, renewable energy..."
        }
    ]
}

Retrieving Fund with news

News 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/funds/{fundId}?$expand=News
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter

Success responce:

Status 200 OK

{
    "Id": "a815dcdb-17e8-43c8-a48c-015eaf37f200",
    "Name": "Toyota AI Ventures",
    "Website": "https://www.toyota-ai.ventures",
    "News": [
        {
            "Id": "99784b4a-2012-46e0-9fbc-9e8116c485c4",
            "Title": "Join Our Portfolio Company Apex.AI in Advancing Autonomous Mobility",
            "Date": "2021-03-12T05:03:38",
            "Description": null,
            "Category": "From the Blog",
            "Author": null,
            "Source": "https://www.toyota-ai.ventures/news.html"
        },
        {
            "Id": "79e37b99-cbc0-4c89-bf18-741dec5e1baa",
            "Title": "Join Our Portfolio Company Parallel Domain...",
            "Date": "2021-03-12T05:03:38",
            "Description": null,
            "Category": "From the Blog",
            "Author": null,
            "Source": "https://www.toyota-ai.ventures/news.html"
        }
    ]
}

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/funds/{fundId}?$expand=News&$select=News.Title,News.Description
Authorization: Bearer {your-auth-token} or query string parameter

Success responce:

Status 200 OK

{
    "Id": "a815dcdb-17e8-43c8-a48c-015eaf37f200",
    "News": [
        {
            "Id": "99784b4a-2012-46e0-9fbc-9e8116c485c4",
            "Title": "Join Our Portfolio Company Apex.AI in Advancing Autonomous Mobility",
            "Description": null
        },
        {
            "Id": "79e37b99-cbc0-4c89-bf18-741dec5e1baa",
            "Title": "Join Our Portfolio Company Parallel Domain...",
            "Description": null
        }
    ]
}

This parameters can be used with collections and specific records.