78,112+ recently funded startups that need agencies like yours. Verified founder contacts, funding data, and unlimited exports — from $79/mo.
Most agencies rely on referrals, cold outreach to random companies, or waiting on Clutch and UpWork. VCBacked gives you a systematic way to find clients who have money and need help now.
Startups hire agencies right after raising. Reach founders in the first 30-90 days after funding — before your competitors do. VCBacked adds 500+ new companies every month.
Fresh funding means allocated spend. Startups typically put 15-25% of their raise into marketing and 10-15% into product development. A $5M Series A = $750K-$1.25M in agency spend.
Land a seed-stage client and grow the retainer as they scale through Series A, B, and beyond. One early relationship can become a six-figure annual account.
One new startup client more than pays for a year of VCBacked.
Filter by industry, funding stage, and location to find startups that need exactly what you offer.
Performance marketing, content, SEO, paid media, and growth agencies.
Brand, product, and web design agencies.
Web, mobile, and SaaS development agencies.
Fractional CMOs, CTOs, advisors, and consultants.
Search by industry, funding stage, amount raised, and location. Find startups that match your agency's expertise — SaaS, fintech, healthcare, e-commerce, and 50+ more.
Get verified founder and executive emails. Export unlimited leads to CSV and load into your CRM, Instantly, Lemlist, or any outreach tool.
Reference their funding round, growth stage, and industry. Show you understand their challenges. Funded founders respond to relevant, personalized outreach.
See how VCBacked compares to other agency lead sources.
| Feature | VCBacked | Cyberleads | Clutch / UpWork |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funded startup database | 78,112+ | Smaller | No |
| Verified founder emails | Limited | ||
| Unlimited exports | Plan-dependent | No | |
| Industry filters (50+) | Limited | ||
| Funding stage filters | No | No | |
| Datapoints per lead | 19 | ~5 | Varies |
| Outbound (you find clients) | Inbound only | ||
| Price | $79/mo | $99–$3,000 | Free + fees |
“We closed a $12K/mo retainer with a Series A fintech we found on VCBacked. The funding data made our outreach way more relevant.”
Marketing Agency Founder
“Replaced UpWork entirely. Instead of competing in bidding wars, we proactively reach founders who just raised. Much higher close rates.”
Web Development Agency
“The unlimited exports alone make this worth it. We build targeted lists by industry each week and load straight into our outreach sequences.”
Fractional CMO
Agencies can systematically find startup clients by targeting recently funded companies through databases like VCBacked. Instead of relying on referrals or inbound platforms like Clutch and UpWork, agencies filter funded startups by industry, funding stage, and location to build targeted outreach lists. Reaching founders within 30-90 days of their funding announcement is the optimal window for agency engagement.
Recently funded startups are ideal agency clients because they have allocated budget for marketing, design, and development but typically lack in-house teams to execute. Industry data shows 65% of funded startups hire an agency within 6 months of raising capital. These companies make purchasing decisions quickly, have investor pressure to grow, and often become long-term retainer clients as they scale.
VCBacked tracks over 41,247 recently funded startups, with 500+ new companies added every month. Research shows that 65% of these companies outsource marketing, design, or development work within their first 6 months post-funding. That represents thousands of potential agency clients actively seeking services at any given time, across 50+ industries including SaaS, fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce.
Startups that just raised have allocated budget and investor pressure to grow fast. They typically lack in-house marketing, design, and engineering teams — so they outsource. Industry data shows 65% of funded startups hire an agency within 6 months of raising. They make decisions quickly, pay on time, and often become long-term retainer clients as they scale.
Marketing agencies (performance, content, SEO, paid media), design studios (brand, product, web), development shops (mobile, web, SaaS), PR firms, growth consultants, fractional CMOs, and freelancers all use VCBacked to build a pipeline of funded startup clients.
Cyberleads charges $99/month for their Freelancer plan and $3,000 one-time for their Agency plan — with a smaller database. VCBacked gives you 41,247 funded startups with verified founder emails, 19 datapoints per lead, unlimited exports, and 50+ industry filters — starting at $79/month. More leads, more data, lower price.
Filter by 50+ industries (SaaS, fintech, healthcare, e-commerce, and more), funding stage (Seed to Series D+), funding amount ($250K to $500M+), and location. Build targeted lists of startups that match your agency's specialty and export directly to your CRM or outreach tool.
Each company profile includes verified founder emails (95%+ accuracy), LinkedIn profiles, company website, and 19 total datapoints including funding amount, industry, location, and employee count. You reach founders and executives who approve agency budgets — not marketing coordinators.
Clutch, UpWork, and Dribbble are inbound — you wait for startups to find you and compete in RFP processes. VCBacked is for outbound — you proactively target companies right after they raise funding, when they're actively seeking agency partners. No competition, no bidding wars.
Easily. At $79/month ($299/year on annual), one new startup client worth $5K–$50K+ pays for years of VCBacked access. Most agencies close their first client within the first month.
78,112+ funded startups need agencies like yours. One client pays for years of VCBacked.
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