Who evaluates company data feed at VC/PE sourcing and research, and what they are judged on
Data engineering lead who ingests the feed: judged on fields and freshness
Data acquisition or partnerships lead: judged on licence terms and cost
Product owner of the search or intelligence product: judged on what users find
A selection of VC and PE research teams using Forager for company data feed · plus other teams on ForagerA selection of teams using Forager
SeekOut
Talent intelligence
Selected use case: Forager’s people data feed, used to keep candidate profiles current.
2–3 years on the Forager people data feed, by SeekOut’s own account1
Chamaeleon
VC & PE research
Early-stage venture firm that analyses companies with its own AI and quantitative engine.
MarketMapr
Talent intelligence
Selected use case: licensed people and company feeds that let recruiters map a whole niche.
DealSource
VC & PE research
Selected use case: company and people data for private-company profiles.
Evident
Market intelligence
Publisher of the Evident AI Index, which ranks banks, insurers and payments firms on AI maturity.
SBR2TH
Staffing firms
Selected use case: people and job-postings feeds loaded into its own data lake for AI search.
Vieu
ABM & intent
Relationship-mapping platform that helps sales teams and AI agents find warm introductions.
Adzact
ABM & intent
B2B advertising platform that models ideal buyers from business signals.
Sources
1 SeekOut: SeekOut, customer interview, Sep 2026.
“Forager leads in accuracy across all regions, Forager's dual strength in accuracy and volume makes it a powerhouse for sales teams that are targeting businesses around the globe.”
ClayStefan K.Data Partnerships
800M+people
65M+companies
How to test it
Test company data feed on your own sample
Pull a sample. Take profiles your users looked up last week.
Run it. Use a self-serve key, or book a demo and send us the list.
Measure what your users feel. Connect rate for mobiles, bounces for emails, and whether the right person answers.
How do VC and PE research use the company data feed?
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Surface pre-seed and seed companies worth a partner's time before competing funds see them. A licensed file of 65M+ company profiles and firmographics, delivered to Snowflake or S3 on a schedule. This page walks through 3 workflows with the exact steps.
How much does the company data feed cost for VC and PE research?
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Company data feed is a flat annual licence, global or regional, not priced in credits. The price depends on the records, fields and refresh schedule you license, so talk to sales with your use case and we quote it.
Why do VC and PE research add the company data feed?
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Source founders and operators without scraping profiles. Products like yours are judged on freshness and fields, which is why the cost that counts is per result that reaches the right person. Run your own sample to see what the company data feed returns for your users before you build on it.
How do I detect new startups from founder job changes?
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Detect new companies in company_feed (founded_date recent) and founders leaving employers in people_feed. Score founder pedigree from work history and education.
Can our users see Forager data in our product?
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Yes, under platform terms. Self-serve plans cover internal use by your own team. Showing Forager data to your users, or passing records on, is licensed separately: talk to sales about volume and which fields your users need to see.
Can VC and PE research see a sample of the company data feed before licensing it?
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Yes. Request a sample extract of the company data feed on a 30-minute call and check the fields against your own records before you license it.
How do I find owners of private companies contact?
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Screen private companies in company_feed (industry, employees, location, founded date). Attach owners and leadership from people_feed.
How do I know the data is right?
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The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.
Should I use the company data feed or the company enrichment API?
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Use the company enrichment API to fill one record when a user asks. License the company data feed when your product searches, scores or ranks across many companies and needs the firmographics in your own warehouse.
Where can the company data feed be delivered?
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Delivered as a data share to Snowflake, Databricks and Amazon S3. Everything else connects through the REST API with one API key.
Is there a contract or minimum commitment?
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Data feeds are licensed on an annual agreement, with the term, volume and refresh schedule written into it. There are no self-serve plans for feeds.
How is the data sourced, and what about privacy?
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VC and PE research often have to explain their data source to their own customers. Bring your legal and security questions to a call with our team, and we take you through how Forager data is sourced and the terms that cover company data feed for VC and PE research. Forager's privacy policy is public, and anyone can send a request about their own personal data through the consumer rights form on forager.ai.
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