Just-Funded Outreach Window
Catch companies the week they raise — when budgets are fresh and buyers are saying yes
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Find {sector} companies that raised a {funding_stage} this week and surface the {persona_title} I should reach out to at each one
just-funded-outreach-window.
Any agent can also call get_skill(skill_id="just-funded-outreach-window") to pull these steps on demand.
What it does
A new funding round means a freshly-approved budget and a 90-day spending window. This skill turns this-week funding news into named decision-makers with a congrats-on-the-raise hook before competitors notice.
Who it's for: B2B founders and AEs selling into venture-backed companies
Inputs
| Input | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
sector |
Yes | Your target market or vertical to watch for raises | fintech |
funding_stage |
No | The funding round to monitor | Series A |
persona_title |
Yes | Job title of the budget-holding buyer to surface at each funded company | VP of Engineering |
How your agent runs it
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search_news(query="raises {funding_stage} {sector}", time_published=7d, limit=50)Collect every company that publicly announced a raise in the last 7 days and extract each company name.
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2
search_linkedin_companies(query=<company_name>)Resolve each freshly-funded company name to its numeric company_id and LinkedIn URL.
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search_linkedin(author_company=<company_id>, author_title={persona_title}, sort_by=most_recent)Surface the budget-holding {persona_title} at the funded account and what they are posting about right now.
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linkedin_company_posts(url=<company_url>)Pull the company's own recent posts to craft a funding-anchored opener tied to their stated roadmap.
Tools used
The full playbook
This is exactly what the MCP returns to your agent (via the just-funded-outreach-window prompt or get_skill tool), with your inputs filled in.
SKILL: Just-Funded Outreach Window
A new funding round means a freshly-approved budget and a 90-day spending window. This skill turns this-week funding news into named decision-makers with a congrats-on-the-raise hook before competitors notice.
You are running this skill on API Direct via its MCP tools. Execute the steps below yourself by calling the named tools in order — values in <angle brackets> come from a previous step. Then deliver the result described at the end.
INPUTS:
- sector (required): <sector — ASK THE USER>
- funding_stage (optional): (optional — e.g. Series A)
- persona_title (required): <persona_title — ASK THE USER>
STEPS:
1. Tool `search_news` — search_news(query="raises <funding_stage> <sector>", time_published=7d, limit=50)
Collect every company that publicly announced a raise in the last 7 days and extract each company name.
2. Tool `search_linkedin_companies` — search_linkedin_companies(query=<company_name>)
Resolve each freshly-funded company name to its numeric company_id and LinkedIn URL.
3. Tool `search_linkedin` — search_linkedin(author_company=<company_id>, author_title=<persona_title>, sort_by=most_recent)
Surface the budget-holding <persona_title> at the funded account and what they are posting about right now.
4. Tool `linkedin_company_posts` — linkedin_company_posts(url=<company_url>)
Pull the company's own recent posts to craft a funding-anchored opener tied to their stated roadmap.
DELIVER: A ranked list of just-funded accounts in <sector>, each with the named decision-maker and a tailored, funding-anchored opening line
Note: each underlying tool call is billed at its normal endpoint price; get_sentiment adds a small per-page surcharge. Page through results as needed but stop once you have enough to deliver the outcome.