Funding Signal API

Real‑time startup funding data for sales teams, recruiters, and market analysts.

Base URL: https://parheliaweb.com

All requests must include an API key in the x-api-key header. Responses are in JSON.

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💶 Pricing & Currency

All prices are listed in Euros (EUR). Your card will be charged in your local currency at the prevailing exchange rate. We use Stripe for secure payment processing, which supports 135+ currencies and local payment methods including iDEAL, Bancontact, and SEPA Direct Debit.

EU-Based: ParheliaWeb is built and hosted in the Netherlands. All data processing complies with GDPR. Our servers are located in Dutch data centers, ensuring low latency for European customers and full compliance with EU data protection regulations.

🔐 Authentication

Pass your secret API key as an HTTP header on every request:

x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY

If the key is missing or invalid, you'll receive a 401 Unauthorized or 403 Forbidden.

📡 Rate Limits & Access

Plan	Rate Limit	Data Access	Fields	Support
Free	5 requests / minute	Last 30 days only	Basic (company, amount, round, date, url)	—
Pro (€29/month)	5 requests / minute	Full dataset (up to 10 years)	+ sector, currency, country, lead investor, extension, investors	Email support

When you exceed the limit, the API returns 429 Too Many Requests.

📦 Endpoint: Get Latest Funding Rounds

GET /v1/funding

Returns the most recent funding rounds detected by our crawlers, ordered by announcement date (newest first). Currently tracking 160+ verified funding rounds across 6 sources and 5 countries.

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`max_age_days`	integer	365	Maximum age of data in days. Free tier limited to 30 days. Pro tier: up to 3650 (10 years).
`max_records`	integer	500	Maximum records returned. Range: 1-5000.

Example Requests

# Get funding rounds (default: 365 days for Pro, 30 days for Free)
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" https://parheliaweb.com/v1/funding

# Get funding rounds from the last 30 days only
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" "https://parheliaweb.com/v1/funding?max_age_days=30"

# Pro tier: Get all records (up to 10 years)
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" "https://parheliaweb.com/v1/funding?max_age_days=3650"

# Get up to 2000 records

Example Response (Pro tier)

{
  "user_tier": "pro",
  "count": 2,
  "max_age_days": 365,
  "last_crawled": "2026-05-28T12:04:02Z",
  "results": [
    {
      "company_name": "Squid",
      "funding_amount": "$6 million",
      "round_type": "Venture",
      "announcement_date": "2026-05-25",
      "source_url": "https://pulse2.com/...",
      "source_status": "active",
      "sector": "Fintech",
      "currency": "USD",
      "country": "US",
      "lead_investor": "Sequoia Capital",
      "is_extension": false,
      "investor_count": "5"
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`user_tier`	string	Your subscription tier (free, pro)
`count`	integer	Number of results returned
`max_age_days`	integer	The max age filter applied (capped at 30 for Free tier)
`last_crawled`	string	ISO 8601 timestamp (UTC) of the last crawler run
`company_name`	string	Name of the funded company
`funding_amount`	string\|null	Amount raised (e.g., "$12 million")
`round_type`	string\|null	Seed, Series A, etc.
`announcement_date`	string	Date of the news article (YYYY-MM-DD)
`source_url`	string	URL of the original news source for verification
`source_status`	string	"active" if the source URL is verified, "archived" if from historical dataset
`sector`	string\|null	Pro tier: Industry sector (e.g., AI/ML, Fintech, SaaS)
`currency`	string\|null	Pro tier: Currency of the funding round (USD, EUR, etc.)
`country`	string\|null	Pro tier: Country of the funded company
`lead_investor`	string\|null	Pro tier: Name of the lead investor
`is_extension`	boolean	Pro tier: True if this is a round extension rather than a new round
`investor_count`	string\|null	Pro tier: Number of investors participating

AI-Verified Data: Our parser extracts funding information from news articles, and every record is cross-checked by an AI verification system powered by DeepSeek. This ensures higher accuracy in company names, funding amounts, and round types. Pro tier fields are also AI-extracted from the full article text.

💻 Code Snippets

Python

import requests

headers = {"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
resp = requests.get("https://parheliaweb.com/v1/funding", headers=headers)
data = resp.json()
for item in data["results"]:
    print(item["company_name"], item["funding_amount"])

JavaScript (fetch)

fetch("https://parheliaweb.com/v1/funding", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
})
.then(res => res.json())
.then(data => console.log(data.results));

cURL

curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" https://parheliaweb.com/v1/funding

📬 Support

If you run into any issues or have feature suggestions, email us at info@parheliaweb.com.

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