Finder search by companies
The fastest way to search for a company is by company name. If you do not immediately see the company name in the search typeahead, try entering the website url.
When typing in a company or concept, select an option displayed in the drop down menu to start a search.
If you do not see a company appear in the search typeahead, you will see the option to add it to our database for mapping. In the meantime, try searching for a competitor or by industry.
From your results, you can select the most relevant company(s) to run a new Finder search. On the bottom right corner of each company listed, you will see an option "See similar companies".
You can also iterate upon your original search: from your results list, you can add more search inputs to the search bar at the top. This will allow you to target your search results for the companies most relevant to you.
ex: coupling Amazon and Netflix together will refine the initial search around Amazon closer towards the streaming sector
Finder search by concepts
You can enter any concept to search by industry or technical term. Our concept database has over 300k concepts to choose from, including many 2- and 3-word concepts.
Our Finder search runs on NLP technology, so think of the way a company describes its products / services and what it does. The companies that most use the terms you provide will display most prominently in your results.
Since broad concepts, like technology, can return a wide array of results, we recommend that you be specific. For precision-driven results, we recommend starting with a specific industry or specific technical term (i.e. real estate technology).
Recommendations for strong searches
Combine multiple competitors in an industry, OR combine multiple concepts (i.e. drug development + embryonic stem cells).
Note: When searching multiple concepts or companies, your search will be performed with an AND operator. This means you will first be returned companies who use all terms, ie: healthcare AND oncology AND cancer research. It can be helpful to run a search around single terms as well so that you do limit your results to companies who use one or two concepts, but not all three.
Pre-filtering
We recommend starting your search without filters, then adding as you iterate your search. In this way, you won't eliminate relevant companies that you would expect to see.
Location: Choose by broad region (North America, Latin America, etc.), country, or state
Company Type: Select the type of company you'd like to display within your Finder search results; Public, Private, Closed, or Acquired
Projected to Raise: The companies you'll be returned will be tagged as Projected to Raise capital within the next 6 months based on their previous funding rounds
Has Financials: Filter out companies that do not have any financial information on their company profile page
Funding Stage: The funding stage filter allows users to narrow search results by a particular funding round. Finder search now allows you to specify a range of funding stages of a company for your desired results.
SPAC: Filter for companies that are tagged as a Special Purpose Acquisition Company
Employee Count: Filter by the size of the company using our Employee Count filter
Industry: Allows you to filter by vertical. For example, I want to see companies like Amazon who deliver groceries. I run a search around "Amazon" and filter industry by "Food delivery services"Web presence: Allows you to control the size companies you get back based on the amount of web traffic visiting their site
Web presence: Allows you to control the size companies you get back based on the amount of web traffic visiting their site
Company Age: Allows you to filter for younger or older companies
Funding Amount: Allows you to filter for companies based on the total funding a company has received
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out via the chat on the bottom of the screen for live help from a member of our support team.