| name | investor-recent-investments |
| description | Find an investment firm's most recent investments — look up a VC firm by domain/name and get the companies they recently invested in with full company details. Use when asked about a firm's recent deals, portfolio activity, latest investments, or "what has [firm] invested in recently?" |
Investor Recent Investments
Find an investment firm's most recent investments with full company details. Two-step workflow:
- Search for the investor to get their ID(s)
- Use those IDs to find companies where the investor participated in the latest round
When to Use
- User wants to know what companies a specific investor backed recently
- User asks "what has Benchmark invested in recently?"
Step 1: Search for the Investor
Look up the investor by domain or name to get their UUID(s). A single domain like benchmark.com may return multiple entities.
By Domain
orth api run fundable /investor/search --query 'domain=benchmark.com'
By Name
orth api run fundable /investor/search --query 'name=benchmark'
Response:
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"investors": [
{
"id": "abc123-...",
"guru_permalink": "benchmark",
"name": "Benchmark",
"description": "Benchmark is an early-stage venture capital firm...",
"image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/...",
"relevance_score": 99,
"domain": "benchmark.com",
"website": "https://www.benchmark.com/",
"linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/company/benchmark",
"crunchbase": "https://crunchbase.com/organization/benchmark"
},
{
"id": "def456-...",
"guru_permalink": "benchmark-capital-partners",
"name": "Benchmark Capital Partners",
"description": "Benchmark Capital Partners...",
"image": null,
"relevance_score": 95,
"domain": "benchmark.com",
"website": "https://www.benchmark.com/",
"linkedin": null,
"crunchbase": null
}
]
}
}
Collect all id values from the response.
Step 2: Get Their Recent Investments
Pass the investor IDs into POST /companies using latest_deal.investor_ids to find companies where the investor participated in the most recent round.
orth api run fundable /companies --body '{
"latest_deal": {
"investor_ids": ["abc123-...", "def456-..."]
},
"sort_by": "most_recent_raise",
"page_size": 25
}'
With Optional Filters
orth api run fundable /companies --body '{
"latest_deal": {
"investor_ids": ["abc123-...", "def456-..."],
"financing_types": [{"type": "SERIES_A"}, {"type": "SERIES_B"}],
"date_start": "2025-01-01"
},
"company": {
"industries": ["artificial-intelligence"]
},
"sort_by": "most_recent_raise",
"page_size": 25
}'
Parameters
Step 1: Investor Search
domain — Investor domain (e.g. benchmark.com)name — Investor name, fuzzy search (e.g. benchmark)linkedin — Full LinkedIn URL (e.g. https://linkedin.com/company/benchmark)crunchbase — Full Crunchbase URL
Only one parameter at a time.
Step 2: Companies Lookup
latest_deal.investor_ids — Array of investor UUIDs from Step 1 (required)latest_deal.financing_types — Filter by round type (e.g. [{"type": "SEED"}])latest_deal.date_start — Only deals after this date (ISO 8601)latest_deal.date_end — Only deals before this date (ISO 8601)latest_deal.size_min / size_max — Deal size range in USDcompany.industries — Filter by industry (e.g. ["artificial-intelligence"])company.locations — Filter by location (e.g. ["san-francisco-california"])company.ipo_status — ["private"] or ["public"]sort_by — most_recent_raise (default), largest_total_raise, most_funding_rounds, etc.page / page_size — Pagination (0-based, max 100 per page)
Response (Step 2)
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"companies": [
{
"id": "uuid",
"name": "Acme Corp",
"domain": "acme.com",
"short_description": "AI-powered solutions...",
"linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/company/acme",
"num_employees": "11-50",
"ipo_status": "private",
"total_raised": 15000000,
"num_funding_rounds": 2,
"num_investors": 5,
"industries": [{"name": "Artificial Intelligence", "permalink": "artificial-intelligence"}],
"location": {
"region": {"name": "North America", "permalink": "north-america"},
"country": {"name": "United States", "permalink": "united-states"},
"state": {"name": "California", "permalink": "california"},
"city": {"name": "San Francisco", "permalink": "san-francisco-california"}
},
"latest_deal": {
"id": "deal-uuid",
"type": "SERIES_A",
"size_native": 12000000,
"date": "2026-02-10T00:00:00Z",
"pre": false,
"extension": false,
"intermediate": "NONE",
"description": {
"short_description": "Acme Corp raised a $12M Series A round...",
"long_description": "Acme Corp secured $12 million in Series A funding..."
},
"investors": ["abc123-...", "other-investor-uuid"]
}
}
]
},
"meta": {
"total_count": 42,
"page": 0,
"page_size": 25,
"credits_used": 25
}
}
Usage Examples
| Use Case | Step 2 Key Parameters |
|---|
| All recent investments | investor_ids only, sort_by: "most_recent_raise" |
| Investments this year | + date_start: "2026-01-01" |
| Only Seed deals | + financing_types: [{"type": "SEED"}] |
| AI companies only | + company.industries: ["artificial-intelligence"] |
| Large rounds ($10M+) | + size_min: 10000000 |
Error Handling
- 401 — Invalid or missing API key
- 402 — Insufficient credits
- 404 — Investor not found (Step 1) — try a different domain or name
- 422 — Unknown parameter
- 429 — Rate limit (200 req/min)
- Empty arrays are not allowed — omit the field instead of sending
[]
Tips
- An investor can have multiple entities (e.g.
a16z.com maps to a16z, a16z Speedrun, a16z Bio, etc.) — always collect all IDs from Step 1
latest_deal.investor_ids finds companies where the investor was in the latest round only — use investors.investor_ids instead if you want all-time portfolio companies- The investor search endpoint (
/investor/search) costs 0 credits
- Use
name search if you don't know the firm's exact domain
- Paginate with
page: 0, page: 1, etc. — check meta.total_count for total results
