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Prospect companies with budget to spend

Target 38,177+ funded startups with verified founder emails. Companies that just raised are actively buying—reach them before competitors do.

95%+ email accuracy
No credit limits
Unlimited exports
38,177+
Funded startup leads
95%
Email accuracy
179
Rounds in the last 30 days
1.2M+
Contacts exported

Why Funded Startups Convert Better

Companies that just raised are the highest-intent B2B prospects you can find.

They Have Budget

Funded startups have fresh capital earmarked for growth. They're actively purchasing tools, services, and solutions to scale. No more selling to companies without budget.

They're in Growth Mode

Post-funding companies face aggressive growth targets from investors. Decisions happen fast. Sales cycles compress. They need solutions now, not in 6 months.

Perfect Timing

Reaching out within weeks of a funding announcement gives you a natural conversation starter. Founders are building their vendor stack and open to new solutions.

What Your Sales Team Gets

Everything SDRs and AEs need to fill their pipeline with qualified, high-intent prospects.

Verified Emails

Founder and executive emails verified for 95%+ deliverability. No bounces.

Funding Intel

Amount raised, round type, investors, and date. Know exactly how much budget they have.

Smart Filters

Filter by industry, location, funding stage, and round size to match your ICP.

Unlimited Export

Export to CSV and import into any CRM or outreach tool. No credit limits.

How Sales Teams Use VCBacked

1

Filter Your ICP

Set filters for industry, funding stage, location, and round size. Build a list that matches your ideal customer profile.

2

Export Leads

Export your filtered list with all 19 datapoints. Import directly into Salesforce, HubSpot, or your outreach tool.

3

Start Outreach

Personalize outreach using funding data. Reference their round, investors, or growth stage for higher response rates.

38,177 Funded Startups Ready to Explore

Start With the Companies That Just Raised

Pick the stage that matches your price point, or work the full list by recency.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I find funded startups to sell to?

VCBacked provides a database of 38,177 funded startups with verified founder emails, funding amounts, and industry data. Filter by funding stage, industry, location, and round size to build targeted prospect lists that match your ideal customer profile, then export directly to your CRM.

Why target recently funded startups for sales?

Recently funded startups have fresh capital earmarked for growth, investor pressure to scale, and short timelines for buying tools and services. and a closed round is the clearest public signal that budget exists which did not exist last quarter.

How quickly should I contact a company after it raises?

It is a widely reported finding across B2B outbound practice that outreach within roughly 30 days of a funding announcement performs better than outreach sent months later, with response rates falling as the round ages and the budget gets committed. This is an industry rule of thumb rather than VCBacked research, so treat it as a starting hypothesis and measure the window against your own reply data.

How do I get startup founder contact information?

VCBacked provides verified founder and executive email addresses alongside LinkedIn profiles, company details and funding data. Records export to CSV for import into Salesforce, HubSpot, or any outreach tool, and every contact is attached to a company that has actually raised capital.

What contact information is included?

Each lead includes verified founder and executive emails, LinkedIn profiles, company website, phone numbers where available, and company details including industry, location and funding history. Everything shown is exportable to CSV.

How do I find leads that match my ICP?

Filter by industry, funding stage, funding amount, location and funding recency. Stage is usually the highest-signal filter because it proxies for budget and buying process: Pre-Seed and Seed companies buy fast on a founder's decision, while Series B and later have procurement and a budget owner.

How is this different from Apollo or ZoomInfo?

Apollo and ZoomInfo are general contact databases covering businesses of every kind. VCBacked is scoped to venture-funded companies, so the funding trigger is built into the dataset rather than something you have to reconstruct. Exports are not metered by a credit system.

Can I integrate with my CRM or sales tools?

Yes. Export leads to CSV and import into Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Apollo, Outreach, or any tool that accepts CSV.

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