Connect VCbacked and the funding database answers inside the conversation — which companies raised, how much, from whom, and how to reach the founder.
9 fintech companies raised over $1M this month. Want me to send your pitch to the founders?
Yes — skip anyone I’ve emailed before
And do this every month
+ 6 more, each with the founder and contact email
Send 9 intro emails?
Drafted from your pitch template. Nothing goes out until you approve.
Saved. I’ll run this on the 1st each month.
Illustrative example of the connector inside Muse. Company names are placeholders. Muse is a product of Meta; VCbacked is not affiliated with or endorsed by Meta.
A search box answers a question you remembered to ask. Because the connector sits inside the assistant, you can hand it a standing instruction instead — it re-runs the query on your schedule and acts on whatever is new.
“Every month, email the founders of fintech companies that raised over $1M my pitch, and skip anyone I have already contacted.”
Pulls the new rounds, drafts one mail per founder against your template, and holds them for approval.
“Every Monday, send me last week’s seed and Series A rounds in healthcare with the founder contact for each.”
One digest in your inbox, already filtered to your stage and sector.
“When any company on my target list raises, tell me the same day and draft a congratulations note referencing the round.”
Watches your accounts and reacts to the round instead of you checking for it.
“Every quarter, build me a spreadsheet of European Series A companies that are hiring engineers, with lead investors.”
A refreshed list each quarter, joined to who is actually hiring right now.
Nothing is sent without you. The connector is read-only — it fetches the companies and drafts the work, and every message waits for your approval before it goes anywhere.
Every prompt below works as written once the connector is added.
A fresh round is the clearest buying signal there is: new budget, new headcount, new problems. Ask for the ones that fit your ICP and work the list the same day.
Track what is closing in your thesis, spot which funds keep showing up together, and see a sector heating up while it is still early.
Funding precedes hiring by weeks. Reach the founder before the roles are posted and before every other recruiter has seen them.
Watch your competitive set, brief your team on the week, or find newly funded companies that are about to need exactly what you sell.
Every matching company returns the full record — the same data the VCbacked app and REST API return, sorted by most recent raise.
Generate a key on your VCbacked profile. Requires an active annual plan.
Muse has no connector settings. In a chat, ask it to build a custom integration to the VCbacked endpoint, and give it your key in its secure credential prompt.
Muse gains two tools for searching the funding database and answers from live data.
Connector endpoint
https://app.vcbacked.co/api/mcp/companiesParameters, response shapes, auth, rate limits and error codes — with copy-paste setup for every client.
Add the connector and make your first call.
Full parameter reference for search_companies and recently_funded.
API keys, scopes, and what each error status means.
RFC 9728 resource metadata and the 401 challenge.
Full connector documentation · Get an API key · Using Claude or ChatGPT instead?
Read-only by design. The connector searches and returns data. It performs no writes and sends nothing on your behalf — if Muse drafts outreach from the results, sending happens through your own email tooling and account.
You can add VCbacked to Muse today as a custom connector — Muse supports remote MCP servers, and VCbacked runs one. A listing in the Muse connector directory has been prepared and is subject to Muse’s review; we will update this page when it is live.
Muse has no connector settings page: start a chat and ask it to build a custom integration to the VCbacked MCP server at https://app.vcbacked.co/api/mcp/companies. Muse asks for your VCbacked API key through its secure credential prompt. Generate the key on your VCbacked profile page. The full setup steps are in the connector documentation.
Two read-only tools: search the funding database with filters (industry, location, round type, funding size, how recently they raised) and list the newest rounds. Muse can then summarize, compare, group, or draft outreach from the results — whatever you ask of it in the conversation.
You choose the window on every question — 7, 14, 30, 60, 90, 120 or 180 days. Results are sorted by most recent raise first, so the newest rounds in your window come back at the top.
The connector is included with an annual VCbacked plan — Pro at $299/year, or Lifetime — at no extra charge. It shares the same API key and rate limit budget as the REST API rather than costing extra.
No. The VCbacked connector is read-only and performs no writes and no sending. If you ask Muse to draft outreach, the drafting happens in Muse and sending goes through whatever email tooling you have connected, under your own account and consent practices.
Yes. VCbacked Jobs is a separate connector for people looking for work: Muse searches live roles at startups that just raised and can check for new ones every day. It comes with the $49/year Job Seeker plan. See vcbacked.co/muse/jobs.
Yes. It is a standard remote MCP server, so it works with Claude, ChatGPT and any client that supports MCP. The setup is the same endpoint and the same API key.
Included with every annual plan. Same key, same data, no extra cost.