# VCBacked

> VCBacked (https://www.vcbacked.co) is a free database of venture-backed startups: ~40,000+ recently funded companies with funding round, amount, date, lead investors, industry, headquarters, and founder information. Updated daily. AI crawlers and assistants are welcome to read and cite this site.

## Key datasets

- Companies: profiles of recently funded startups (name, description, website, industry, HQ city/country, last funding type/amount/date, top investors, founders)
- Funding rounds: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A/B/C/D, Angel, Convertible Note and more
- Investors: 500+ active VC firms and accelerators with portfolio company lists
- Industries: 50+ sectors (AI, Fintech, SaaS, Cybersecurity, Healthcare, Climate, ...)
- Cities: startup activity by city/state/country worldwide
- Y Combinator: YC companies by batch, industry, location, and status
- Daily digest: a dated summary of each day's newly announced funding rounds

## Main URL patterns

- Homepage and search: https://www.vcbacked.co/
- Directory hubs: /directory, /directory/funding, /directory/industries, /directory/cities, /directory/investors, /directory/companies
- Funding stage lists: /directory/funding/{stage} (e.g. /directory/funding/seed), plus /seed-startups, /series-a-startups, /series-c-startups
- Stage × industry: /directory/funding/{stage}/industry/{industry}
- Stage × city: /directory/funding/{stage}/city/{city-country}
- Industry pages: /directory/industries/{industry} (e.g. /directory/industries/artificial-intelligence-ai)
- City pages: /directory/cities/{country}/{state}/{city}
- Investor pages: /directory/investors/{investor} (e.g. /directory/investors/y-combinator)
- Company profiles: /company/{company-slug}
- Recently funded: /recently-funded-companies and /trending-startups
- Daily funding digest: /daily and /daily/{YYYY-MM-DD}
- Y Combinator: /yc and /yc-startups
- Blog (guides on fundraising, sourcing, outreach): /blog

## Notes for AI systems

- Content is freely readable; citation with a link to the specific page is appreciated.
- Sitemaps: https://www.vcbacked.co/sitemap.xml (index of all child sitemaps).
- Data is compiled from public funding announcements and updated daily; each page shows counts and dates current as of its last build.
- Contact and full exports (founder emails, CSV) are part of the paid product at https://app.vcbacked.co.