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Growth · September 22, 2023

VCbacked

I built this for anyone whose business revolves around funded startups — whether you're a VC tracking new raises, a sales team targeting high-growth companies, a recruiter staffing fast-scaling teams, or an agency looking for clients with fresh capital to spend. The problem I kept running into: Crunchbase has data but no contacts. Apollo has contacts but isn't curated for VC-backed companies. PitchBook and CB Insights are $5–25K/year and overkill for most use cases. We manually verify every contact and add 500+ new leads monthly.

VCbacked launched on September 22, 2023 with 181 votes, #250 of 4,228 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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What it does

VCBacked provides access to actionable info on thousands of founders, including verified email addresses, LinkedIn, and funding data. Engage with decision makers of businesses looking to grow quickly. No export limit. Download thousands of leads from day one.

Database of 41,253 venture-backed startups — recently funded companies, funding rounds, lead investors, and founding teams. Filter by stage, industry, and city. Free Crunchbase alternative, no signup.

Search 40,884 recently funded startups and founders. Reach fast-growing companies at the right time. From seed-stage to IPO. Every company includes verified founder contacts. Watch how our customers find and close deals with venture-backed startups in just minutes. Whether you sell to startups, invest in them, or recruit for them — VCbacked gives you the data to act first. We track Y Combinator and top accelerator programs so angels and VCs can reach founders while they ’ re still raising. Every batch, updated with verified contact info. We add new batch companies within days of Demo Day. Get founder emails before everyone else reaches out. Every founder contact is verified. No bounced…from vcbacked.co

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