Get the companies that raised this week, automatically
Connect Canonical to Claude, set up a weekly run, and let your assistant deliver a funding digest for your market. Nothing to check by hand.
Funding announcements move fast and are scattered across a hundred places. Instead of checking databases or skimming newsletters, you can point an AI assistant at Canonical and have it report back on a schedule you set.
Because Canonical runs as an MCP server, Claude can run a real, verified company search for you every week, in the same chat, and return the companies in your space that just raised.
The problem
Keeping up with funding in your market is a manual chore. Trackers are noisy, newsletters are broad, and by the time a round shows up in a roundup the fresh-budget window is already closing. There is no simple way to get only the rounds that matter to you, on a regular cadence.
How Canonical solves it
Canonical lets you search funding by recency, stage, amount, and investor, and it works over MCP. You can tell Claude once to search Canonical every Monday for companies in your category that raised in the past week, and it returns a tailored digest without any further prompting. Coverage reaches the long tail of companies that other databases miss.
How it works
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Connect Canonical in Claude
In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors. Add a custom connector, paste the Canonical MCP server URL, and approve the one-click OAuth sign-in. There are no API keys to manage.
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Create a scheduled task
Use Claude's scheduled tasks to set up a recurring run, for example every Monday at 9am, so the search fires on your cadence without you prompting it.
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Write the weekly funding prompt
Tell Claude what to fetch, such as companies in climate hardware that raised a Series A or later in the past week. Claude runs a verified Canonical search and summarizes the results.
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Get your funding digest
Each week Claude delivers the fresh rounds in your space, with company, round, amount, and lead investor, ready to route to your CRM, deal pipeline, or team.
Example searches
- “companies in developer tools that raised a seed or Series A in the last week”
- “European fintech companies that announced funding in the last 7 days”
- “climate hardware startups that raised $10M+ this week, excluding consultancies”
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 schedule a recurring funding search in Claude?
Connect the Canonical MCP server in Claude under Settings, then Connectors. Create a scheduled task that asks for companies in your space that raised this week. Claude runs the Canonical search on your chosen cadence and returns a digest, so you never have to check manually.
How current is the funding data?
Funding data is refreshed daily, so recently announced rounds appear quickly. That is what makes a weekly digest worth running. Coverage reaches the long tail, not only the headline rounds.
Which assistants can run this?
Any MCP-compatible client works, including Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Windsurf. Recurring scheduled runs work best in clients that support scheduled tasks, such as Claude.
Is there a free way to try it?
Yes. New accounts include 250 free credits, and the MCP server is open and self-serve over OAuth. Connect it and run your first funding search right away.