llms.txt
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https://recentfunding.com/llms.txt
− > Recent Funding (https://recentfunding.com) tracks recently funded startups: each funding round with its amount linked to the page it came from, who invested, the founders, and stealth startups flagged before they announced a raise. The Recent Funding API serves the same data as read-only JSON. Free keys (just an email) allow 10 requests a day on data at least 14 days old, without stealth companies. Pay as you go is a prepaid balance at $0.10 a call (top up from $10; the first top-up adds 100 f− API key: required on every /api/v1 request, and free: sign in with your email at https://recentfunding.com/dashboard/ (a one-time code) and the key is made there; agents can make one with a single request (below). A request without one answers 401 `api_key_required`; each key allows 10 requests a day. Agents and scripts can make one themselves with a single request: `curl -X POST https://recentfunding.com/api/keys/new -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"email": "you@example.com"}'` answers− - Authentication: required. Every /api/v1 request needs a free key; without one the API answers 401 `api_key_required` with a `create_key` request (POST https://recentfunding.com/api/keys/new with an email) and a `get_key` link to https://recentfunding.com/dashboard/. Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer rf_live_…`, `X-API-Key: rf_live_…` or `?api_key=rf_live_…`; it allows 10 requests a day. An unknown or revoked key gets 401. Only values starting with `rf_` are read as keys, so a gateway or p− - [Pricing](https://recentfunding.com/pricing/): Free, Pay as you go ($0.10 a call), Pro ($49 a month) and Max ($150 a month): the site is free; a free API key allows 10 calls a day on data at least 14 days old; pay as you go is a prepaid balance (top up from $10) with live data and stealth startups; Pro and Max are live, with 1,000 and 5,000 calls a month, MCP and a live feed. Over ~490 calls a month, Pro costs less than pay as you go− Markdown copies for agents: the API docs at https://recentfunding.com/docs.md, the recent acquisitions at https://recentfunding.com/acquisitions.md, the new VC funds at https://recentfunding.com/funds.md, the blog index at https://recentfunding.com/blog.md, and each post at its URL with `.md` in place of the trailing slash (https://recentfunding.com/blog/<slug>.md).+ > Recent Funding (https://recentfunding.com) tracks recently funded startups: each funding round with its amount linked to the page it came from, who invested, the founders, and stealth startups flagged before they announced a raise. The Recent Funding API serves the same data as read-only JSON. Free keys (just an email) allow 50 requests a day on data at least 14 days old, without stealth companies. Pay as you go is a prepaid balance at $0.10 a call (top up from $10; the first top-up adds 100 f+ API key: required on every /api/v1 request, and free: sign in with your email at https://recentfunding.com/dashboard/ (a one-time code) and the key is made there; agents can make one with a single request (below). A request without one answers 401 `api_key_required`; each key allows 50 requests a day. Agents and scripts can make one themselves with a single request: `curl -X POST https://recentfunding.com/api/keys/new -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"email": "you@example.com", "use_case+ Company contacts: `GET https://recentfunding.com/api/v1/companies/{slug}/contacts` returns the people to contact at a company: the founders we list, then decision makers (founders, C-level, VPs, directors), each with a work email confirmed by checking the mailbox (`email_status`: confirmed, not found, not looked up, removed on request), their title, LinkedIn and source, plus the inbox the company publishes (such as hello@ or sales@). Never personal Gmail or Yahoo addresses, never a guessed addre+ Tell us what you are building: `POST https://recentfunding.com/api/v1/building` with `{"building": "...", "wishes": "data you wish we had"}` (no key needed), or the MCP tool `tell_us_what_you_are_building` (every plan). The first key made with just an email needs `use_case`, a sentence on what it's for; later keys for that email can leave it out. We read every answer.+ - Authentication: required. Every /api/v1 request needs a free key; without one the API answers 401 `api_key_required` with a `create_key` request (POST https://recentfunding.com/api/keys/new with an email and a use_case) and a `get_key` link to https://recentfunding.com/dashboard/. Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer rf_live_…`, `X-API-Key: rf_live_…` or `?api_key=rf_live_…`; it allows 50 requests a day. An unknown or revoked key gets 401. Only values starting with `rf_` are read as keys, so+ - `GET /api/v1/companies/{slug}/contacts`: People to contact at a company, with confirmed work emails. Returns: The company's contacts, with how this lookup was counted.+ Example: `curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RF_KEY" "https://recentfunding.com/api/v1/companies/functionspace/contacts"`+ - [Startup email lookup](https://recentfunding.com/email-lookup/): Search a startup we track and see who we have a confirmed work email for (masked); sign in with your email to reveal them (3 companies free)+ - [Pricing](https://recentfunding.com/pricing/): Free, Pay as you go ($0.10 a call), Pro ($49 a month) and Max ($150 a month): the site is free; a free API key allows 50 calls a day on data at least 14 days old; pay as you go is a prepaid balance (top up from $10) with live data and stealth startups; Pro and Max are live, with 1,000 and 5,000 calls a month, MCP and a live feed. Over ~490 calls a month, Pro costs less than pay as you go+ Markdown copies for agents: this week's recently funded startups at https://recentfunding.com/recently-funded.md (summarised as JSON in https://recentfunding.com/ai-facts.json, refreshed hourly), the API docs at https://recentfunding.com/docs.md, the recent acquisitions at https://recentfunding.com/acquisitions.md, the new VC funds at https://recentfunding.com/funds.md, the blog index at https://recentfunding.com/blog.md, and each post at its URL with `.md` in place of the trailing slash (https: