MCP server for European startup funding data

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server over the Tech.eu Funding Explorer dataset: European startup funding rounds, companies, investors and exits, inside your AI assistant. One endpoint, every MCP client, no API key and no signup. Read-only. Every figure is cited to its published source and EUR-normalized at the ECB reference rate on the round date. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Endpoint: https://funding.tech.eu/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP). Raw JSON instead? See the REST API. Overview of every machine surface: /for-ai.

Coverage

Full dataset, not a sample: 38,901 companies, 52,503 funding rounds, 30,868 investors, 8,884 exits, about €728B in disclosed funding — the same tables the site renders. Scope (European tech, including Türkiye and Israel), the FX method and the confidence tiers are on the methodology page. Global coverage: FundingData.

Connect your assistant

Endpoint (Streamable HTTP): https://funding.tech.eu/api/mcp

Claude — web, desktop & mobile

Works on any plan, Free included — no terminal.

1Open Settings → Connectors in Claude.
2Click Add → Add custom connector.
3Paste the endpoint below and click Add.

https://funding.tech.eu/api/mcp

Cursor

One click, or add it to ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

Add to Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "techeu-funding": {
      "url": "https://funding.tech.eu/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

One click, or add it to your mcp.json.

Install in VS Code

{
  "servers": {
    "techeu-funding": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://funding.tech.eu/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (terminal)

One command:

claude mcp add --transport http techeu-funding https://funding.tech.eu/api/mcp

ChatGPT

Enable Developer Mode (Settings → Connectors → Advanced; available on Pro, Team, Enterprise and Education plans), then Add custom connector and paste the endpoint. This server is read-only.

https://funding.tech.eu/api/mcp

Any other MCP client (Windsurf, Zed, Cline, …): register https://funding.tech.eu/api/mcp as a Streamable HTTP server.

Tools

Eight read-only tools. Typical flow: find_companies → get_company, or search_rounds with filters. All results carry page URLs and per-record source citations.

Tool	Arguments	Returns
`search_rounds`	country · stage · sector · minAmountEur · from · to · limit · after	funding rounds, newest first, cursor-paginated; each with amountEur, source and confidence
`find_companies`	query	company lookup by name or fragment; returns id, location and verified totals
`get_company`	id	full profile: description, location, sectors, every round with stage, amount and investors, exit if any
`search_investors`	query · type · sort · page	entity-resolved investor search (name variants merged)
`get_investor`	name · compact	deal count, companies backed, stage mix, portfolio, co-investors
`search_exits`	country · from · to · limit · after	exits and M&A by date window and exited-company country
`market_map`	period	one-call aggregates for a year, quarter or month: totals and breakdowns by country, sector, stage, with provenance
`list_changes`	type · since · limit · after	incremental sync: rows added and removed since a timestamp, oldest first, resumable cursor

Example prompts

“How much has Helsing raised, and who led its latest round?”
“European defence-tech rounds above €50M in 2026.”
“Who are Accel’s most frequent co-investors in Europe?”
“Give me the 2026 market map for Germany by stage.”

Keeping a local copy in sync

If your agent mirrors the data, use list_changes rather than repeated search_rounds paging: it is keyed on ingestion time, sorted oldest first, and returns added rows plus removed-row tombstones with a resumable cursor. Additions and removals only: the source tables carry no modification timestamp, so a silent edit to an existing row is not reported — call get_company for its current state.

Limits and discovery

Per-IP fair-use limits shared with the REST API: 120 requests / 60 s, 600 / hour, 2,000 / day.
Registered in the official MCP registry as eu.tech.funding/funding-explorer.
Also indexed at /llms.txt and /.well-known/api-catalog.

Attribution

CC BY 4.0 has one condition: when you show, republish or redistribute figures from this dataset, cite “Tech.eu Funding Explorer” and link the page or API URL the figure came from. Questions, or need high-volume access above the fair-use limits? Contact Tech.eu.