orthogonal-sh/company-funding-search

Company Funding Search

Get funding history, investors, and investment details for companies. Two APIs available:

• Nyne: Look up specific company's funding history
• Fiber: Search companies by funding stage/criteria

When to Use

• User asks "how much funding has [company] raised?" → Nyne
• User wants to know who invested in a company → Nyne
• User wants to find companies by funding stage → Fiber
• User asks "find Series B AI companies" → Fiber
• Targeting companies by funding criteria → Fiber

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Option 1: Nyne (Specific Company Lookup)

Best for: Looking up a known company's funding history and investors.

Get Company Funding History

Step 1: Start the lookup (POST)

orth run -X POST nyne /company/funding -d '{"company_name":"Anthropic"}'

Returns a request_id. Then poll:

Step 2: Poll for results (GET)

orth run nyne /company/funding -q request_id=YOUR_REQUEST_ID

<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>

# Step 1: Start lookup
curl -X POST https://api.orth.sh/v1/run/nyne/company/funding \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"company_name":"Anthropic"}'

# Step 2: Poll for results
curl "https://api.orth.sh/v1/run/nyne/company/funding?request_id=YOUR_REQUEST_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY"

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Get Company Investors/Funders

orth run -X POST nyne /company/funders -d '{"company_domain":"stripe.com"}'

<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>

curl -X POST https://api.orth.sh/v1/run/nyne/company/funders \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"company_domain":"stripe.com"}'

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Nyne Parameters

• company_name - Company name (e.g., "Anthropic") - works better
• company_domain - Company domain (e.g., "anthropic.com")

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Option 2: Fiber (Search Companies by Funding)

Best for: Finding companies by funding stage, industry, location, etc.

Natural Language Company Search

orth run -X POST fiber /v1/natural-language-search/companies -d '{"query":"AI companies that raised Series B in 2024","limit":10}'

<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>

curl -X POST https://api.orth.sh/v1/run/fiber/v1/natural-language-search/companies \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"AI companies that raised Series B in 2024","limit":10}'

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Investor Search

Search for investors/VCs (filter-based, not natural language):

orth run -X POST fiber /v1/investor-search -d '{"searchParams":{},"limit":10}'

<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>

curl -X POST https://api.orth.sh/v1/run/fiber/v1/investor-search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchParams":{},"limit":10}'

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Returns top investors with:

• Total investments, lead rate
• Investment breakdown by stage
• Recent investments
• LinkedIn, logo, social links

Fiber Response Includes

• Company name, domain, LinkedIn
• Funding rounds with dates and amounts
• Investors per round (lead vs participating)
• Employee count, location, industry
• Total funding, latest funding stage
• Similar companies

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When to Use Which

| Use Case | API | Endpoint | |----------|-----|----------| | "How much has Anthropic raised?" | Nyne | /company/funding | | "Who invested in Stripe?" | Nyne | /company/funders | | "Find Series A AI startups" | Fiber | /v1/natural-language-search/companies | | "Find top VCs" | Fiber | /v1/investor-search | | "Companies that raised $10M+ in 2024" | Fiber | /v1/natural-language-search/companies |

Error Handling

• Nyne is async: POST returns request_id, poll with GET — results take 5-20 seconds
• 404 — Company not found; try alternate name or domain
• 429 — Rate limit exceeded; wait and retry
• Fiber returns empty results for very niche queries — broaden search terms
• company_name works better than company_domain for Nyne lookups

Tips

• Nyne is async: Start with POST, poll with GET using request_id (5-20 seconds)
• Fiber is sync: Returns results immediately
• company_name > company_domain for Nyne lookups
• Fiber's natural language search is very flexible - just describe what you want
• Fiber returns rich company data including similar companies