StartupHub.ai

Connect it to your AI

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http startuphub https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/mcp

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other apps

Add it as a custom connector with this URL (Streamable HTTP):

https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/mcp

Cursor, VS Code and other apps (mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "startuphub": {
      "url": "https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools it offers

60 tools, as the server itself reported during our check on Oct 31, 2026.

• search_startupsSearch the startup database with any combination of filters: name, sector, country, city radius, founded date, team size, the latest funding round (round_series, raised_after), total funding, valuation, investors (backed
• find_stealth_startupsConvenience wrapper around search_startups pre-tuned for fresh-stealth deal-flow. Always sends stealth=true and sort=founded_date.desc; those two cannot be changed here. Returns stealth startups with their detected tech
• search_domainsDomain radar: newly registered names from our discovery queue (NRD, registries, GitHub orgs). This is NOT a company profile. Returns apex, registration date, registrar, mailbox signal, quality score, and status (queued /
• get_startupGet full profile for a startup by slug Needs a free StartupHub.ai account.
• get_startup_by_domainLook up a single startup by its website domain. Accepts raw URLs (https://www.example.com/about), stripped (example.com), with or without paths. Returns the full profile. Use match_companies_by_domain instead for batches
• scan_company_technologyTech Stack Checker. Return hosting, frameworks, analytics, payments, and mail setup for a company website. Checks a stored fingerprint first, then a fresh live read when live=true. Accepts a URL or a plain domain. Costs
• get_startup_socialsLightweight endpoint that returns ONLY a startup's contact emails (contact / partnerships / press) and social URLs (LinkedIn, Twitter, GitHub, Facebook, YouTube, Discord, Slack, etc.) plus HQ city/country. Cheaper than g
• get_person_by_emailReverse-lookup a person profile by their email address. Pairs naturally with discover_email + validate_email: discover an email, verify it, find the person record. Returns the full person profile. Needs a free StartupHub
• get_person_by_socialReverse-lookup a person profile by any of their social URLs/handles. Pass linkedin, twitter, or github (full URL like https://www.linkedin.com/in/foo, OR just the handle 'foo'). Multiple params allowed: first match wins.
• get_investor_by_domainLook up a single investor (VC, angel, accelerator) by their website domain. Same shape as get_startup_by_domain, against the investors table. Useful when you have a fund's website and want fund profile / portfolio info.
• get_investor_by_socialReverse-lookup an investor profile by their LinkedIn or Twitter URL/handle. Investor LinkedIns are typically /company/<slug>, but the lookup handles both /in/ and /company/ patterns. Needs a free StartupHub.ai account.
• get_startup_funding_historyFull chronological list of investment rounds for a startup: amount, series, date, pre/post-money valuation, lead and participating investor IDs, plus a summary with total raised from rounds and the latest round date/seri
• list_startup_teamReturns founders, current team, and board members for a startup, split by role. Each person record includes name, title, slug, LinkedIn, Twitter, description, and primary_email if visible to your plan tier. Use this to b
• enrich_emailOne-call CRM/inbox enrichment. Pass an email, get back: the best available name and its source, the person's public Gravatar profile when they have one (name, title, company, location, verified social accounts), the doma
• search_investorsFind investors that match a startup's profile. Filter by sector_focus (e.g. 'Artificial Intelligence' for AI investors), stage_focus (Seed / Series A / etc.), geo_focus, cheque_min / cheque_max (matches investors whose c
• search_peopleSearch founders, executives, board members, and key team members. Results are sorted by StartupHub score, highest first. Page with offset. Needs a free StartupHub.ai account.
• call_apiCall any API, MCP server, chat endpoint or agent listed on StartupHub (find one with find_apis), billed to your StartupHub credits. REST: operation "METHOD /path" plus path, query, body. MCP: operation = tool name plus a
• list_my_apiList an API, MCP server, model endpoint or A2A agent on one of your own StartupHub profiles, so people and agents can find, try and pay for it. Check first with preview: true (nothing saved). kind: openapi (spec URL), mc
• my_apisYour API directory listings with calls and earnings this month, and the profiles you can list on. Pass recheck_id to re-read a listing from its URL after you changed the spec, tools or agent card, or remove_id to take on
• get_api_taskCheck a long-running task: a task_id from call_api or a route_id from run_agent_task. Returns its state, which agents were tried, and the output once it is done. Pass cancel to stop it (credits come back) or reply to ans
• run_agent_taskGive a task and StartupHub picks the agent to run it: listed agents and models are ranked on fit to the task, success rate and speed from real calls, and price. If the chosen agent fails, the task moves to the next one,
• spend_limitsCap what you spend through StartupHub per day or per month: on everything, on one listing, or on one label. Calls stop at the limit, and you get an alert when spend passes alert_pct (80% by default). With no arguments, l
• find_logoFind square and horizontal logos for a company
• find_apisFind APIs, MCP servers and AI agents listed on StartupHub by the companies that run them. Returns each one's endpoint, spec URL, auth type, price per call and operations, tools, models or skills, plus call_through_startu
• enrich_companyBuild a company profile from a name and optional website or LinkedIn URL. Returns the description, sector, headquarters, founding year, and public links that were found. Needs a free StartupHub.ai account.
• validate_emailVerify if a single email address is real and deliverable. Returns {valid, status, confidence_score}. Use when you already know the address (e.g. from a contact page, LinkedIn, or a prior discover_email run) and want to c
• discover_emailFind a real, deliverable professional email for a person at a company. Pass first name + last name + the company domain; get back the verified address, a confidence score, and a short note about who it likely reaches. Ch
• match_companies_by_domainBulk-match an array of advertiser/company domains against StartupHub.ai's startup database. Returns per-domain whether the company is in our database, plus funding amount, latest round, investor IDs, sectors, founded dat
• list_credit_packsGet credit pack pricing AND a checkout URL the user can open to buy more credits. Returns { buy_url: 'https://www.startuphub.ai/pricing?buy=credits', pricing: { validate: [...tiers], discover: [...tiers] } }: surface the
• get_my_usageCheck the user's current credit balance: plan tier, daily + monthly limits per credit type (validate, discover, db, profile, logo, enrich, submit), used today, remaining today, used this month, remaining this month, and
• scan_agent_readinessScans a public site against current AI-agent readiness standards, including the llms.txt v2 shape (H1, summary, described links, and whether those links resolve). Returns a 0-100 score plus per-check pass/fail with a cop
• rate_this_serviceOptional. Rate how well StartupHub.ai served this task, 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent), with a short reason. Ratings are counted by agent type in a public monthly report and are never shown as customer reviews. Free, no API k
• get_trendsGet a structured, real-time snapshot of what's happening in the AI startup ecosystem right now — capital deployed this week, top sectors and countries (with week-over-week change), biggest rounds, stage breakdown with me
• query_fundingAnswer how much funding was raised, how many rounds closed, or how many companies were founded, for a country, sector, series, and year. This is the StartupHub /analysis chart as data. Use it for questions like 'how much
• get_arbitrageLive cross-venue prediction-market arbitrage board. Returns the same real-world events priced on Polymarket, Kalshi/Robinhood, and PredictIt side by side, with a real arbitrage flagged whenever the combined cost of locki
• create_market_mapBuild a startup market map from a plain-language request, e.g. 'fintech startups in London' or 'AI coding assistants split by use case'. The map splits the market into segments and fills each with real companies from Sta
• edit_market_mapChange a market map the account owns or co-authors, in plain words, the way the chat in Market Map Maker does: 'move Cyera to Growth Stage', 'add a section of voice AI', 'remove Acme', 'make it dark', 'sort by funding',
• get_market_mapShow a saved market map the account owns or co-authors: its sections, every company with its profile link, the PNG image_url, editor_url and public_url. Use it to reopen a map before editing it with edit_market_map, and
• style_market_mapChange how a market map looks, the same settings as Market Map Maker's style menu: theme (clean, shadcn, glass, dark, editorial, brand), columns (1-4), logo style (tile, square, wordmark, card), density (compact, comfort
• publish_market_mapPublish a market map at a public link (public_url, a page on StartupHub.ai) with an embed for other sites (embed_url and iframe_code), or make it private again with publish: false. Free. Publishing does not by itself put

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