Find companies that just raised, while the budget is fresh
A new round is a buying signal. Headcount, tooling, and vendor budgets all open up. Canonical turns the question of who just raised in your market into a targeted prospect list.
The best time to reach a company is right after it raises. New capital means new hiring, new tools, and budget to spend. The hard part is finding those companies before everyone else does.
Canonical lets you search for recently funded companies by stage, amount, sector, and geography, and pull them straight into your outreach workflow through the app, the API, or an MCP-connected assistant.
The problem
Sales teams usually learn about funding rounds late, from newsletters, LinkedIn, or a rep who happened to notice. By then the inbound rush has started and the fresh-budget window is closing. General company databases rarely let you filter on recent funding in the categories you actually sell to.
How Canonical solves it
Canonical treats funding as a search dimension. Filter for companies that raised in a recent window, at the stage and size that fit your motion, in the industries you sell to, and get a verified shortlist with the latest round, amount, and lead investor. Coverage reaches the long tail of smaller and less-covered raises, so your list is not limited to the headline rounds everyone has already emailed.
How it works
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Describe your ideal recently-funded account
Describe it in plain English: the sector you sell to, the round stage, a minimum amount, and a recency window. Canonical shows you the interpreted criteria before it runs the search.
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Get a verified shortlist
Canonical returns companies that match, each with its latest round, amount, and lead investor. Every result is verified, not a raw keyword dump.
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Work the list where you already are
Export to CSV, call the API, or connect the MCP server so Claude can pull the list and draft outreach in the same conversation.
Example searches
- “B2B SaaS companies in North America that raised a Series A in the last 90 days”
- “healthcare startups that raised $20M+ recently, 50-500 employees”
- “companies backed by a top-tier VC that raised a seed round this quarter”
Connect the Canonical MCP
Add Canonical to your assistant over MCP and run this search, or schedule it, right in the chat. OAuth handles sign-in, and there are no API keys to manage.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find companies that recently raised funding?
Search Canonical by funding recency along with the stage, amount, sector, and size that fit your ideal customer profile. You get a verified list of recently funded companies with the latest round, amount, and lead investor, ready to export or use through the API or MCP.
Why target companies that just raised?
A fresh round means new budget for hiring, tooling, and vendors. Reaching out shortly after a raise catches the buying window while priorities are still being set.
Does Canonical cover smaller rounds, not just mega-rounds?
Yes. Coverage reaches the long tail of smaller and less-covered raises, so your prospect list goes beyond the handful of headline rounds that broad trackers surface.
Can I automate this for my whole team?
Connect the Canonical MCP server to your assistant and schedule a recurring search, or call the REST API on a schedule. See the funding-this-week guide for the scheduled-agent setup.