Target CTOs and IT leaders at PE-backed and mid-market companies for IT services
Give an IT services, advisory or telecom firm the technology leaders at mid-market and PE-backed companies most likely to outsource engineering, modernise or switch providers.
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Uses POST /organization_search/, POST /person_role_search/, POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ · Company enrichment API reference
What it costs: 15 credits per mobile found · 5 credits per email found. A mobile or email lookup that returns nothing costs 0 credits. Enrichment and search are charged per request: credit pricing.
How the data flows
POST /organization_search/ - technology leader
- Python, SQL
- work email
- jane@examplesystems.example
- phone number
- +1 (415) 555-0142
- name
- Jane Example
- title
- Chief Information Officer
- company
- Example Systems
Steps
- Build the account list by size, industry and ownership signals with
POST /organization_search/ - Find CTOs, CIOs, IT directors and heads of infrastructure with
POST /person_role_search/ - Fetch
work_emailfrom/person_contacts_lookup/work_emails/and mobiles fromPOST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/(Silver for reach) - Run portfolio-wide or vertical campaigns from the
web_applist
import json, os, requests BASE = "https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage" HEADERS = {"X-API-KEY": os.environ["FORAGER_KEY"]} body = json.load(open("request.json")) # request fields: see the API reference # 1. Build the account list by size, industry and ownership signals with # POST /organization_search/ r1 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/organization_search/", headers=HEADERS, json=body) # 2. Find CTOs, CIOs, IT directors and heads of infrastructure with POST # /person_role_search/ r2 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_role_search/", headers=HEADERS, json=body) # 3. Fetch work_email from /person_contacts_lookup/work_emails/ and mobiles # from POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ (Silver for reach) r3 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/", headers=HEADERS, json=body) # 4. Run portfolio-wide or vertical campaigns from the web_app list
# 1. POST /organization_search/ curl -X POST \ https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/organization_search/ \ -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @request.json # 2. POST /person_role_search/ curl -X POST \ https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_role_search/ \ -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @request.json # 3. POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ curl -X POST \ https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage/person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ \ -H "X-API-KEY: $FORAGER_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @request.json
Run it yourself: Company enrichment API reference
- Free API key
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Inputs and outputs
| Inputs | Outputs |
|---|---|
| account criteria | technology leader |
| portfolio company list | work_email |
phone_number |
Questions about this recipe
How do IT services firms find CTOs at PE-backed companies?
Build the account list by size, industry and ownership signals with POST /organization_search/. Find CTOs, CIOs, IT directors and heads of infrastructure with POST /person_role_search/.
What does it cost to target CTOs and IT leaders at PE-backed and mid-market companies for IT services?
Company enrichment: 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. People search: people search 1 credit per request and people search: role details 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Work emails: 5 credits per work email found, and a work email lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. Mobile numbers: 15 credits per mobile number found, and a mobile number lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. The prospecting web app uses the same plan credits as the API: 15 credits per mobile and 5 per email found. Growth's 8,250 monthly credits cover 550 mobiles, 1,650 emails or 8,250 company lookups, or a mix. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices
What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?
You send account criteria and portfolio company list. You get back phone_number, technology leader and work_email, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.
Where can I get contact details for IT decision makers at mid-market companies?
This recipe uses Forager Company enrichment, People search, Work emails, Mobile numbers and Prospecting web app. Company enrichment: Firmographics for a company from its domain or name: industry, headcount, locations, growth and open roles. Give an IT services, advisory or telecom firm the technology leaders at mid-market and PE-backed companies most likely to outsource engineering, modernise or switch providers.
Is there a free way to try Forager on this workflow?
Yes. Create a free account at app.forager.ai: it comes with $5 in free credits and an API key, and there is no credit card to sign up. Run it on records you already know, or book a demo and send us a list: we run it and show you what we find.
When should I run this workflow?
When a PE firm acquires a company, or a mid-market company starts hiring IT leadership or posts modernisation roles. IT services firms open conversations with the technology owner at accounts ready to buy.
Which Forager products does this recipe use?
Company enrichment, people search, work emails, mobile numbers and prospecting web app. Company enrichment: firmographics for a company from its domain or name: industry, headcount, locations, growth and open roles. People search: find the people who hold a role at target companies, filtered by title, seniority, department and location.
How do you check data quality?
Forager ranked #1 of 10 in Clay's 2026 test of mobile data providers, by quality score: Clay's measure of how likely a dialled number reaches the right person. 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.
How do I find IT decision makers at private equity portfolio companies?
Find CTOs, CIOs, IT directors and heads of infrastructure with POST /person_role_search/. Run portfolio-wide or vertical campaigns from the web_app list.
Which tools can run this workflow?
Native in Clay and Zapier, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo and called through the API from Make, n8n and your own code. Or call the endpoints in the steps above from your own code with one API key.
How many steps is this workflow?
4 steps: build the account list by size, industry and ownership signals with POST /organization_search/, find CTOs, CIOs, IT directors and heads of infrastructure with POST /person_role_search/, fetch work_email from /person_contacts_lookup/work_emails/ and mobiles from POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ (Silver for reach) and run portfolio-wide or vertical campaigns from the web_app list.
Is there a contract or minimum commitment?
No contract to start: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using Forager, choose a monthly or yearly plan. Monthly plans cancel anytime and unused credits roll over; yearly plans grant all credits upfront and cost 10% less. Larger volumes are agreed with our team.
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- $5 free credits
- No credit card
- Run your sample
A selection of teams that run this job on Forager · plus other teams on ForagerA selection of teams using Forager
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Clay - GTM workflow builders
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Nooks - Power & parallel dialers
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cpITelecom - Internal use
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Chairseven - Internal use
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HubSpot
- CRM add-ons
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Ideas2IT
- Internal use
AI engineering and consulting firm.
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Cyret Technologies - Internal use
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