# Intellizence Startup Funding & Venture Capital (VC) Deals Signals API

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Best  suited for :

* Continuous monitoring of Startup Funding and Venture Capital (VC) deal events
* Trigger alerts and automated workflows
* Startup funding trends & analysis
* Company relationship graphs and entity intelligence
* Power AI agents and internal intelligence platforms
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> **Ready to get started?** [**Request your API key**](https://intellizence.com/api-trial/) and start building.\
> **Questions?** [**Schedule a call**](https://intellizence.com/schedule-a-demo/) or email us at <sales@intellizence.com>.

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## Submit a request to get the startup funding and VC deals data

> This REST API endpoint provides access to both ongoing and historical startup funding and Venture Capital (VC) deals from the Intellizence Startup Funding Dataset. Data access is limited to records within your subscription’s entitled date range.\
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> Users can search data using the following parameters:\
> \
> \`dateType\`, \`startDate\`, \`endDate\`, \`date\`, \`companyDomain\`, \`companyName\`, \`companyIndustry\`, \`companyLocation\`, \`companyType\`, \`companyTicker\`, \`fundingRound\`, \`dealAmount\`, \`valuation\`, \`investor\`, and \`currency\`.\
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> Users can limit the number of records returned using the \`limit\` parameter. The default limit is \`100\`. All parameters are optional.\
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> The API key must be passed in the HTTP header as \`x-api-key\`.\
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> Note: Startup funding data is generally available for VC-funded private companies only. It is not available for public companies, non-VC-funded private companies, government entities, hospitals, universities, or other non-commercial organizations.

```json
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All parameters are optional.\n\nThe API key must be passed in the HTTP header as `x-api-key`.\n\nNote: Startup funding data is generally available for VC-funded private companies only. It is not available for public companies, non-VC-funded private companies, government entities, hospitals, universities, or other non-commercial organizations.","operationId":"getFundraisingDataset","parameters":[{"name":"x-api-key","in":"header","description":"Intellizence API key for authenticating the request.","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string"}}],"requestBody":{"description":"Intellizence Startup Funding Data request body","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/dataset_fundraising_body"}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"Successful response. 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```

## The dataset\_fundraising\_body object

```json
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Partial name matches are supported. Multiple values can be provided either as a comma-separated string or as an array."},"companyDomain":{"type":"string","description":"The website domain(s) of the company for which the funding data is needed. Partial website domain matches are supported. Multiple values can be provided either as a comma-separated string or as an array."},"companyIndustry":{"type":"string","description":"The industry or industries of companies for which funding data is needed. The industries are pre-defined by Intellizence and only the values listed below will be accepted. 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```

## The inline\_response\_200 object

```json
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```

## The inline\_response\_200\_company object

```json
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```