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    MCP server for AI agents

    Angel prospecting on autopilot

    Connect AngelBacked to your AI agents. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own agent can search 58,000+ angel investors, read their portfolios, find who backed companies like yours and pull the emails of the ones worth contacting, all from a single prompt.

    Included with the Annual plan. Nothing extra to buy.

    Ask for a shortlist and get one

    Your agent chains the searches, checks portfolios and writes the outreach. A few prompts that work well:

    “Find 20 angels in Austin who invest in FinTech and have backed at least 10 companies. Rank them by fit for a seed-stage payments startup.”
    “Who backed Notion and Linear? Shortlist the ones who also invest in developer tools, then get me their emails.”
    “Look at seed rounds in AI from the last 60 days and find angels who backed similar companies.”
    “Draft a personalised first email to each of these five investors, referencing a company in their portfolio.”

    Tools your agent gets

    search_investors
    Filter 58,000+ angels and VCs by market, location, keywords or a company they backed. Returns profiles, social links and whether an email is on file.
    get_investor
    One investor's full profile with up to 100 portfolio companies, so your agent can check fit before anyone writes an email.
    company_investors
    The angels who backed a named company. Point it at companies like yours and get a warm list.
    reveal_investor_email
    Reveals one investor's email, drawn from the same allowance as the Reveal button on the site.
    recent_funding_rounds
    Recent rounds by industry and stage, newest first, for spotting who is active right now.

    Setup

    Create a key under Account Settings → API. It starts with ab_ and is shown once. The server URL is:

    https://www.angelbacked.co/api/mcp

    Claude Code

    claude mcp add --transport http angelbacked https://www.angelbacked.co/api/mcp \
      --header "Authorization: Bearer ab_your_key"

    Claude (desktop and web)

    Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Name it AngelBacked and paste the URL with your key:

    https://www.angelbacked.co/api/mcp?key=ab_your_key

    ChatGPT

    Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings → turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector with the same URL, authentication set to No authentication:

    https://www.angelbacked.co/api/mcp?key=ab_your_key

    Cursor, Windsurf and other clients

    Add it to your MCP config (for Cursor, ~/.cursor/mcp.json):

    {
      "mcpServers": {
        "angelbacked": {
          "url": "https://www.angelbacked.co/api/mcp",
          "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ab_your_key" }
        }
      }
    }

    Your own agent

    Stateless JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST (MCP streamable HTTP). For example:

    curl -X POST https://www.angelbacked.co/api/mcp \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer ab_your_key" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call",
           "params":{"name":"search_investors",
                     "arguments":{"market":"FinTech","location":"New York"}}}'

    Frequently asked questions

    Which plan do I need?

    API and MCP access is included with the Annual plan at no extra cost. Team seats on an Annual account can create their own keys.

    Which AI tools work with it?

    Anything that speaks the Model Context Protocol over HTTP: Claude (desktop, web and Claude Code), ChatGPT connectors, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and agent frameworks such as the OpenAI Agents SDK and LangChain.

    Are there limits?

    Yes, fair-use limits keep the service fast for everyone: 150 requests a day per account (20 a minute), 25 results per request, and up to 20 pages per search. Email reveals use the same allowance as the website: 500 a day and 3,000 every 30 days on Annual. Revealing an investor you have already revealed is free.

    Can I export the whole database through the API?

    No. The API is built for prospecting, where an agent searches, shortlists and contacts the investors that fit. Bulk extraction is outside fair use, and the limits are set so it is not possible.

    Is my key safe to put in a connector URL?

    Prefer the Authorization header when your tool supports it. If a tool only takes a URL, adding ?key= works, but anyone who sees that URL can use the key. You can revoke a key at any time from Account Settings and it stops working immediately.

    Prospect by market

    Prompts, specialists and live rounds for each sector your agent can search.