Find the investors
whose thesis matches.
Search VC funds by the rounds they led and at which stage, by the thesis they publish, by who reacts to posts in your category, by the vehicle they just closed. Retriever combines 30+ connected APIs with live web research. You see the deal or post that qualified each fund, and the partner who covers your space.
Funds that led a seed round in your category over the last 12 months│
What you can search for in venture
- Investors who reacted to a competitor post
- Funds whose partners published on a given theme recently
- Funds that announced a new vehicle this year
- Funds whose thesis page names your market
- Funds that added a partner in the last six months
- Investors active on X rather than LinkedIn
- Funds whose portfolio already includes two of your customers
See it qualify VC funds
Rounds led, who reacts to posts, published thesis. One signal per tab, and every row carries the sentence that qualified it.
funds that lead seed
Category and stage, last 12 months
Funds that led a seed round in your category over the last 12 months
Describe the leads to search for...
Seed leads, B2B data and sales
| Score | Company | Domain | What qualified it | Decision maker | Country | People |
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Illustrative example, fictional VC funds. A real run shows where rounds led was read, and names a contact you can write to.
Which signals qualify VC funds?
| Signal | What it tells you | Where it is read |
|---|---|---|
| Rounds led | Who led what, when, at which stage and for how much | Funding records and announcements |
| Who reacts to posts | Finds the investors active on a theme, including the ones who never publish themselves | Reactions, comments and reposts on public posts |
| Published thesis | Thesis, portfolio, team and market notes. What the fund says it invests in today | The fund site, page by page |
| Partner posts | The living thesis, including in the comments they leave under other people posts | Public posts and comments |
| New vehicle | A recent closing means a fund that has to deploy | Funding records and sourced web research |
| Team moves | Partner arrivals with dates, platform roles, signs of a strategy shift | Professional profiles and their history |
| Presence on X | Part of the investor ecosystem speaks there rather than on LinkedIn | Public posts and profiles |
What a qualified lead looks like here
A fund that led a seed round in your category this year, whose partners published on the theme last month, and that reacted to a competitor post. Three signals crossed on the same fund, each one quoted from where it was read.
Why most investor lists are wrong
Family offices, structured angels and corporate funds all present themselves as funds. The portfolio and the rounds actually led say who invests, at which stage and at what pace. Retriever reads that before a fund enters your list.
Who you get on every row
The partner or principal who signs, not the analyst. The real remit is checked against your target before the contact is kept.
- The fund, its domain and the stage it leads at
- The quote that qualified it, with the post or page it came from
- The partner, with verified email and LinkedIn profile
- Rounds led, portfolio overlap, published thesis, recent vehicle
- Any extra column you ask for, researched fund by fund
Not a database subscription. A research agent.
Retriever
- Where answers come from
- 30+ connected APIs, plus the live web at search time: funding records and announcements, reactions, comments and reposts on public posts
- What you can ask
- "investors who reacted to a competitor post this quarter", or any criterion you can phrase
- Freshness
- What each one shows today: rounds led, who reacts to posts, published thesis
- Proof
- Every match comes with the quote and source that qualified it
Static filtering
- Where answers come from
- One dataset, refreshed on its own schedule
- What you can ask
- The fields the provider ships: industry, size, location
- Freshness
- What it looked like at the last refresh
- Proof
- You trust the filter
Questions about finding VC funds
How do I find investors already interested in my category?
Ask for the funds that led rounds in it, and for the investors who reacted to posts about it. The second list is the interesting one: reacting is public intent, and it surfaces investors who never publish themselves.
Can I reach the partner rather than the analyst?
Yes. Seniority is part of the search, and the real remit is checked against your target before the contact is kept. The row carries the partner who signs, with the reason they were picked.
How do I tell a real fund from a family office?
By the portfolio and the rounds actually led. A fund leading at seed twice a quarter reads very differently from a structured angel, and the record that separated them is on the row.
What does Retriever return for each fund?
The fund with the stage it leads at, its recent rounds and portfolio overlap with your customers, its published thesis, and a partner with verified email and LinkedIn profile.
Can I search VC funds by country, region or city?
Yes, and for VC funds the geography that matters is the mandate, not the office. Ask for funds that invest in France, or funds with a London office and a European thesis. Retriever reads the thesis they publish and the deals they actually led.
How is Retriever different from filtering a database?
Instead of filtering a static database, Retriever reads the live web for VC funds: rounds led, who reacts to posts, published thesis. That is how "investors who reacted to a competitor post this quarter" becomes a search, and why every row arrives with the line that proves it.