Look up investors

curl --request GET \
  --url https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'

import requests

url = "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors"

headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

[
  {
    "investor_id": "inv_609dba55408c4490fe58cf8e",
    "strategic_signal_ids": [
      "ddea4a84-ffdc-459d-bb10-3d7db9c6c193"
    ],
    "investor_name": "Bessemer Venture Partners",
    "investor_types": [
      "venture_capital"
    ],
    "investment_stage": [
      "Series A"
    ],
    "industry_target": [
      "Software"
    ],
    "specter_industry_target": [
      "Enterprise Software"
    ],
    "specter_tech_verticals_target": [
      "AI / Machine Learning"
    ],
    "fund_details": [
      {
        "name": "BVP Fund XII",
        "announced_on": "2023-04-12",
        "raised_amount_usd": "3850000000"
      }
    ],
    "portfolio_companies": [
      "5e3bbf6b00c8f4c966a1e53d"
    ],
    "person_id": "5e3b9281137e998b5aea67f4",
    "company_id": "5e3b9281137e998b5aea67f4",
    "investor_rank": 43,
    "company_size": "201-500",
    "operating_status": "active",
    "domain": "bvp.com",
    "hq_location": "San Francisco, California, United States, North America",
    "founded_year": 1911,
    "linkedin_url": "linkedin.com/company/bessemer-venture-partners",
    "twitter_url": "x.com/BessemerVP",
    "description": "Bessemer Venture Partners is a leading venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs from their early days through every stage of growth.",
    "number_of_exits": 325,
    "number_of_lead_investments": 574,
    "number_of_investments": 1581,
    "number_of_funds": 15
  }
]

{
  "errorCode": "API_KEY_MISSING",
  "message": "No API Key was presented on the header X-API-KEY"
}

{
  "errorCode": "OUT_OF_CREDITS",
  "message": "<string>"
}

{
  "errorCode": "NOT_PERMITTED",
  "message": "You do not have permission to access this resource."
}

{
  "errorCode": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>"
}

{
  "errorCode": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>"
}

Investors

Look up investors

Looks up investors in the Specter dataset by website (domain), name, or both, and returns the matching investor records. Use the investor_id from a result with Get investor by ID for the full profile.

Costs 1 credit per investor returned.

Behaviour

Provide at least one of website or name. Supplying both narrows the match — an investor must match every field given.
This is a lookup, not a single-result fetch: an ambiguous query (e.g. a shared domain) can return multiple investors.
Lookups are case-insensitive; website accepts a full URL or a bare domain (scheme and www. are normalised away).
Returns 404 if nothing matches, and 422 if neither website nor name is supplied.

GET

investors

Look up investors

curl --request GET \
  --url https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'

import requests

url = "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors"

headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/investors")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

[
  {
    "investor_id": "inv_609dba55408c4490fe58cf8e",
    "strategic_signal_ids": [
      "ddea4a84-ffdc-459d-bb10-3d7db9c6c193"
    ],
    "investor_name": "Bessemer Venture Partners",
    "investor_types": [
      "venture_capital"
    ],
    "investment_stage": [
      "Series A"
    ],
    "industry_target": [
      "Software"
    ],
    "specter_industry_target": [
      "Enterprise Software"
    ],
    "specter_tech_verticals_target": [
      "AI / Machine Learning"
    ],
    "fund_details": [
      {
        "name": "BVP Fund XII",
        "announced_on": "2023-04-12",
        "raised_amount_usd": "3850000000"
      }
    ],
    "portfolio_companies": [
      "5e3bbf6b00c8f4c966a1e53d"
    ],
    "person_id": "5e3b9281137e998b5aea67f4",
    "company_id": "5e3b9281137e998b5aea67f4",
    "investor_rank": 43,
    "company_size": "201-500",
    "operating_status": "active",
    "domain": "bvp.com",
    "hq_location": "San Francisco, California, United States, North America",
    "founded_year": 1911,
    "linkedin_url": "linkedin.com/company/bessemer-venture-partners",
    "twitter_url": "x.com/BessemerVP",
    "description": "Bessemer Venture Partners is a leading venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs from their early days through every stage of growth.",
    "number_of_exits": 325,
    "number_of_lead_investments": 574,
    "number_of_investments": 1581,
    "number_of_funds": 15
  }
]

{
  "errorCode": "API_KEY_MISSING",
  "message": "No API Key was presented on the header X-API-KEY"
}

{
  "errorCode": "OUT_OF_CREDITS",
  "message": "<string>"
}

{
  "errorCode": "NOT_PERMITTED",
  "message": "You do not have permission to access this resource."
}

{
  "errorCode": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>"
}

{
  "errorCode": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

X-API-Key

string

header

required

Query Parameters

website

string

The website or domain of the investor. Accepts the full URL with or without http(s):// and www., or a bare domain like bvp.com.

name

string

The investor's name. Matching is case-insensitive and ignores surrounding whitespace.

Response

The investors matching the lookup.

investor_id

string

required

The Specter ID for this investor, can be used in other endpoints.

Example:

"inv_609dba55408c4490fe58cf8e"

strategic_signal_ids

string<uuid>[]

required

All Interest Signals IDs associated with this investor. Empty when none are active.

investor_name

string

required

The legal or brand name of the investor or investment firm.

Example:

"Bessemer Venture Partners"

investor_types

string[]

required

The investor types this investor falls under, as lowercase snake_case (e.g. venture_capital, angel_group).

investment_stage

string[]

required

Typical funding round stages in which the investor participates (e.g., Seed, Series A).

industry_target

string[]

required

Industries or verticals in which the investor typically specializes.

specter_industry_target

string[]

required

Only top level. Classifies companies by their economic activity — the market they serve and the products or services they deliver. E.g. Construction, Utilities, Wholesale. There is one industry per company, with up to three levels.

specter_tech_verticals_target

string[]

required

Only top level. Classifies companies by the technology domain they operate in — the technical capability or space they're building around. E.g. AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, FinTech. There can be up to 5 tech verticals per company, with 2 levels each.

fund_details

InvestorFund · object[]

required

The named funds this investor has raised, with announce date and amount when available.

Show child attributes

portfolio_companies

string[]

required

Specter company IDs for portfolio companies of this investor.

person_id

string | null

The Specter person ID this investor is linked to, when the investor is an individual (e.g. an angel). null for firms.

Example:

"5e3b9281137e998b5aea67f4"

company_id

string | null

The Specter company ID of the company associated with this investor, when applicable (e.g. the firm behind a VC fund).

Example:

"5e3b9281137e998b5aea67f4"

investor_rank

integer | null

The Specter rank for this investor.

Example:

43

company_size

string | null

The size bracket of the investor's organization (employee count band).

Example:

"201-500"

operating_status

string | null

The operating status of the investor (e.g. active, closed).

Example:

"active"

domain

string | null

The investor's primary web domain.

Example:

"bvp.com"

hq_location

string | null

The investor's headquarters location.

Example:

"San Francisco, California, United States, North America"

founded_year

integer | null

The year the investor was founded.

Example:

1911

linkedin_url

string | null

The investor's LinkedIn profile URL.

Example:

"linkedin.com/company/bessemer-venture-partners"

twitter_url

string | null

The investor's Twitter / X profile URL.

Example:

"x.com/BessemerVP"

description

string | null

Brief textual overview of the investor’s activities, history, or focus.

Example:

"Bessemer Venture Partners is a leading venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs from their early days through every stage of growth."

number_of_exits

integer | null

Total number of portfolio company exits attributed to this investor.

Example:

325

number_of_lead_investments

integer | null

Total number of investments where the investor led the round.

Example:

574

number_of_investments

integer | null

Total number of investments made by the investor.

Example:

1581

number_of_funds

integer | null

Total number of separate funds managed or raised by the firm.

Example:

15

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Response