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Custom MCP connector for Muse

Ask Muse who just raised

Connect VCbacked and the funding database answers inside the conversation — which companies raised, how much, from whom, and how to reach the founder.

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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

VCbackedsearch_companies · fintech · raised > $1M · 30d
Northwind Pay$18M Series A
Ledgerly$14M Series A
Stratus Bank$11M Series A

+ 6 more, each with the founder and contact email

Send 9 intro emails?

Drafted from your pitch template. Nothing goes out until you approve.

ApproveReview each

Saved. I’ll run this on the 1st each month.

Message

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.

Ask once. It keeps running.

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.

Monthly

“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.

Weekly

“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.

On a trigger

“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.

Quarterly

“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.

What people ask it

Every prompt below works as written once the connector is added.

Sales and business development

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.

  • “Which fintech companies raised a Series A in the last 30 days in New York?”
  • “Draft a short intro email to the founders of each company that raised a seed round in climate tech this month, referencing their round.”
  • “Find companies that raised more than $10M in the last 60 days and are headquartered outside the US.”
  • “Here are 40 target accounts — for each, tell me the most recent round, amount and lead investors.”

Investors and deal teams

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.

  • “Which seed-stage robotics companies raised in the last 60 days, and which investors appear most often across them?”
  • “Compare seed funding volume in healthcare versus fintech over the last 90 days, by number of rounds and total raised.”
  • “List every company that raised a pre-seed round in AI infrastructure this month with what each one is building.”
  • “Which companies raised for the first time this quarter in my focus sectors?”

Recruiters and talent

Funding precedes hiring by weeks. Reach the founder before the roles are posted and before every other recruiter has seen them.

  • “Show me companies that raised a Series B in the last 90 days in Austin.”
  • “Which companies raised over $25M in the last 30 days and are likely scaling engineering?”
  • “Give me the founder contact for each company that raised a Series A in devtools this month.”

Founders, marketers and operators

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 Monday, list companies that raised in the past 7 days with more than $5M and summarize each one.”
  • “Draft this week’s funding roundup: the 10 largest rounds, one sentence each, grouped by sector.”
  • “Who raised in my category in the last 90 days, and how much have they raised in total?”

Looking for a job instead?

VCbacked Jobs for Muse

A second connector, built for job seekers. Muse searches live roles at startups that just raised, checks for new ones every morning, and tells you which fit. Included with the $49/year Job Seeker plan.

See the jobs connector

What comes back

Every matching company returns the full record — the same data the VCbacked app and REST API return, sorted by most recent raise.

Company nameWhat they doIndustriesHeadquartersWebsiteFoundersContact name and roleContact emailLinkedInLast round typeLast round amountRound dateTotal funding raisedTop investors

Adding it to Muse

1

Get your API key

Generate a key on your VCbacked profile. Requires an active annual plan.

2

Ask Muse to connect

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.

3

Ask away

Muse gains two tools for searching the funding database and answers from live data.

Connector endpoint

https://app.vcbacked.co/api/mcp/companies

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.

Questions

Is VCbacked available in Muse?

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.

How do I add it?

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.

What can Muse actually do with it?

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.

How current is the data?

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.

What does it cost?

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.

Can Muse send emails on my behalf through this connector?

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.

Is there a version for job seekers?

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.

Does it work with other assistants?

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.

Give Muse the funding database

Included with every annual plan. Same key, same data, no extra cost.