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: 38,636 companies, 52,046 funding rounds, 30,605 investors, 8,858 exits, about €715B in disclosed funding — the same tables the site renders. Scope (European tech, including Turkey and Israel), the FX method and the confidence tiers are on the methodology page.

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.