`startuphub_startups`

Pack: startuphub · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/startuphub/mcp

Search the StartupHub.ai startup database — returns startup profiles (name, domain, sector, funding, tech). Filter by free-text plus sector / tech stack / funding stage / stealth status. Example: startuphub_startups({ q: “anthropic”, limit: 5, _apiKey: “your-key” })

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`q`	string	no	Free-text query — company name, keyword, or description, e.g. “anthropic”, “vector database”
`limit`	number	no	Max number of startups to return (default 10)
`sector`	string	no	Filter by sector / industry, e.g. “AI Infrastructure”, “Fintech”
`tech`	string	no	Filter by technology in the company stack, e.g. “PyTorch”, “Kubernetes”
`funding`	string	no	Filter by funding stage, e.g. “Seed”, “Series A”, “Series B”
`stealth`	boolean	no	If true, return only stealth-mode startups
`country`	string	no	Filter by country, e.g. “United States”, “United Kingdom”
`_apiKey`	string	yes	StartupHub.ai API key (${KEY_HINT})

Example call

Arguments

{
  "q": "AI",
  "limit": 5,
  "sector": "AI Infrastructure",
  "funding": "Series A",
  "_apiKey": "your-startuphub-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/startuphub/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"startuphub_startups","arguments":{"q":"AI","limit":5,"sector":"AI Infrastructure","funding":"Series A","_apiKey":"your-startuphub-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('startuphub_startups', {
  "q": "AI",
  "limit": 5,
  "sector": "AI Infrastructure",
  "funding": "Series A",
  "_apiKey": "your-startuphub-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "q": "vector database",
  "limit": 10,
  "tech": "PyTorch",
  "country": "United States",
  "_apiKey": "your-startuphub-api-key"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "startuphub": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/startuphub/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

startuphub_startups