One of the main questions that worries investors today is how to identify startups to invest in. If you hear about a promising company from industry leaders or the media, other investors probably have heard about it, too. To stay ahead, you must make use of publicly available data.
Small companies with large potential show subtle growth signals even before they gain traction. These might include investment history, rapid headcount growth, great product reviews, or a quickly expanding engineering department.
Coresignal offers a comprehensive company database with information from multiple public web sources. The dataset is updated regularly and includes granular data about companies and their progress. With these additional details, you can quickly identify companies to invest in. If you choose to use our APIs, you can even get webhook notifications that alert you about new companies that could catch your attention.
So, where to begin if you want to find companies to invest in?
Let's say you want to identify all successful companies in the biotechnology industry that are likely to be ready for the next investment round. Let's use Coresignal's self-service to analyze companies for investment.
Step 1: Register for a free account
First, visit Coresignal's self-service and register for a free account. With it, you can download 200 company profiles and form 400 search queries for free.
- Instant and free access to millions company profiles
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Step 2: Open the query builder
Once you register for your account and enter self-service, select the Find data menu element, which will open a window with three data types: Employees, Companies, and Jobs.
Choose the Companies tab:
Step 3: Select your filters
Let's come back to your goal. How would each element translate into a specific data point?
If your goal is to find all the small biotech companies in the United States that might be ready for the next investment round, you could pick the following data points:
- Country: United States
- Industry: Biotechnology
- Last funding round type: Pre seed
You will use one of your free search credits whenever you run the query.
Here is what your request would look like on the self-service:
Step 4: Check the data
The query above has generated 276 data records about American companies that work in the biotechnology industry and had a pre-seed investment.
Review a sample company profile and see if it fits your purpose:
Step 5: Finetune your filters
You might need to update your filters if the company does not fit your requirements.
- Adjust the existing filters. If you want to cast a wider net and include more companies, you might change the company size, choose another funding round type, or choose a later investment date.
- Add new filters. You might add more parameters to narrow your search, such as choosing a city or state instead of a country.
Once you are done and happy with your query, you can download 200 records as a JSON file for free or subscribe and access even more records. The plans start at $49 per month.
It's time to see it for yourself
If you are ready to check out our data, register for your free account:
- 200 free company profiles
- No credit card required
- Access to 86 million public company records
If you want to receive a full company profile that includes the main information and financial data, workforce trends, product data, online presence overview, and more, book a free consultation and shape a custom query.
