CB Insights MCP. Analyze funding, competitors, and deal flow instantly.
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CB Insights MCP Server gives you full control over market intelligence workflows. Use it to search for companies by name, track their full funding history, map their competitors, and analyze market trends using natural conversation.
It connects your enterprise CB Insights account to your AI agent, letting you get data-backed answers on investment deals, industry classifications, and investor portfolios without switching tools.
What your AI agents can do
Chat cbi
Engages the CB Insights AI chat interface to answer complex market questions.
Check cbi status
Verifies the current connectivity status of the CB Insights server.
Get deal
Retrieves specific details about a single investment deal.
Find company details, including industry, employee count, and location, using the get_organization tool.
Get a full financial timeline for any company, detailing every funding round, the amount raised, and the lead investor using get_org_funding.
Determine a company's market rivals based on its industry and funding patterns using get_org_competitors.
View a list of recent investment deals, or narrow the list down by specifying a particular organization using list_deals and list_deals_by_org.
See a fund's strategy and the full list of companies they've backed using get_investor_portfolio.
Retrieve all the financial and structural details for a single, specific investment deal using get_deal.
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CB Insights MCP Server: 13 Tools for Market Intelligence
Use these 13 tools to pull structured data on companies, deals, investors, and market trends directly into your AI agent's workflow.
019dd0c9chat cbi
Engages the CB Insights AI chat interface to answer complex market questions.
019dd0c9check cbi status
Verifies the current connectivity status of the CB Insights server.
019dd0c9get deal
Retrieves specific details about a single investment deal.
019dd0c9get investor
Gets the core profile and details for an investment fund or person.
019dd0c9get investor portfolio
Retrieves a list of companies and investments backed by a specific investor.
019dd0c9get org competitors
Lists direct competitors for a given company based on market overlap.
019dd0c9get org funding
Fetches the complete funding history for a specific organization.
019dd0c9get organization
Gets comprehensive profile data for any named company.
019dd0c9list deals
Lists a set of the most recent investment deals across the market.
019dd0c9list deals by org
Lists all recorded deals specifically tied to one organization.
019dd0c9list industries
Provides a list of industry classifications used in the database.
019dd0c9list investors
Lists all major investment funds or profiles tracked by the system.
019dd0c9list organizations
Searches for and retrieves a list of organizations by name or criteria.
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What you can do with this MCP connector
CB Insights MCP Server connects your enterprise CB Insights account directly to your AI client. You'll get full control over your market intelligence workflows using natural conversation. You can analyze market trends and track investment deals without ever leaving your chat window. get_organization lets you search for companies and pull comprehensive profiles, including their industry, employee count, and location. get_org_funding tracks a company's full financial timeline, showing every funding round, the amount raised, and the lead investor. get_org_competitors identifies a company's market rivals using its industry and funding patterns.
You can view recent investment deals using list_deals, or narrow the list down to deals tied to one specific company with list_deals_by_org. get_deal retrieves all the financial and structural details for any single investment deal. For investor research, list_investors gives you a list of major funds or profiles tracked by the system. get_investor pulls the core profile and details for an investment fund or person. get_investor_portfolio shows a fund's strategy and the full list of companies they've backed. chat_cbi engages the CB Insights AI chat interface, letting you ask complex market questions and get data-backed answers. list_industries provides a list of all industry classifications used in the database, and list_organizations searches for companies by name or criteria.
How CB Insights MCP Works
- 1 Subscribe to this server and enter your CB Insights Client ID and Secret.
- 2 Connect your AI client (Claude, Cursor, etc.) to the MCP Server.
- 3 Start querying market intelligence using natural conversation to get data-backed answers.
The bottom line is, your AI agent accesses CB Insights data through the MCP layer, letting you run deep market analysis without ever leaving your chat window.
Who Is CB Insights MCP For?
Venture Capitalists, Corporate Strategy Teams, and Founders who need to run market intelligence checks fast. If you spend time piecing together a company's funding path, competitor set, and investor backing from multiple reports, this saves hours.
Quickly screen deal flow, check a competitor's funding history, and validate market assumptions without opening a browser or switching tools.
Monitor market movements, track emerging competitors, and assess potential investment targets by conversing with the market data.
Research investors' past work, understand the competitive dynamics of your sector, and prepare data for fundraising rounds.
What Changes When You Connect
- See a company's full financial story instantly. Instead of manually searching for funding rounds, use
get_org_fundingto track a company's entire capital history from Seed to IPO. - Map the entire competitive field. Use
get_org_competitorsto find a company's direct rivals, basing the analysis on market overlap and funding patterns. - Understand who has the money. Run
get_investor_portfolioto see every company an investor has backed, giving you instant context on their fund strategy. - Track market activity without leaving your agent.
list_dealslets you browse recent investments across the market, andlist_deals_by_orgnarrows it down to just one company's transactions. - Validate market assumptions with conversational AI. Ask the
chat_cbitool natural language questions about specific trends, and get data-backed answers immediately. - Get a full corporate picture. Use
get_organizationto retrieve a company's official profile, including its industry classification and employee count.
Real-World Use Cases
Vetting a potential acquisition target
A Corporate Strategy Manager needs to know if Company X is viable. They run get_organization to get basic facts. Then, they run get_org_funding to check for recent capital. Finally, they use get_org_competitors to assess the competitive pressure. The agent stitches this data into a single report.
Researching a new investment sector
A VC wants to analyze the AI sector. They use list_industries to see available categories. Then, they use list_investors and get_investor_portfolio to see which funds are active in that space, identifying potential deal flow.
Checking a competitor's market depth
A Founder needs to know how deep a competitor is. They run get_organization on the competitor, then get_org_funding to see their capital. If the funding is patchy, the founder knows where the company might be weak.
Mapping a deal's ecosystem
A user finds a deal for Company Y. They use get_deal to get the basics. Then, they run get_investor on the lead investor and get_investor_portfolio to see if that investor has backed Company Y's rivals, building a full relationship map.
The Tradeoffs
Searching for a company's history
Searching Google for 'Company X funding history' and clicking through dozens of news articles, then manually pulling data points into a spreadsheet.
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Use the get_org_funding tool. You feed the company name, and the agent pulls the complete, structured funding timeline, including amounts and lead investors, immediately.
Identifying market rivals
Asking a colleague to manually list competitors, which results in an incomplete or outdated list that misses key market players.
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Run get_org_competitors on the company profile. The tool uses market positioning and funding patterns to give you a data-backed list of direct rivals.
Tracking an investor's interests
Opening the investor's website, scrolling through their 'portfolio' section, and trying to manually categorize their investments by sector or deal size.
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Call get_investor_portfolio. This shows you the full list of companies they've backed, allowing you to quickly analyze their investment focus and concentration.
When It Fits, When It Doesn't
Use this server if your job involves high-volume, repeated market intelligence work. Specifically, if you need to correlate an organization's profile with its funding, its rivals, or its deal history. For example, checking a company's full story (profile + funding + competitors) in one flow is perfect. Don't use it if you just need a general definition of an industry—use list_industries for that. If you only want a list of deals without any context, list_deals is enough, but you lose the deep profile data this server provides.
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The Model Context Protocol standardizes how applications expose capabilities to LLMs. Instead of operating in isolation, your AI gains direct access to external platforms, live data, and real-world actions through secure, standardized connections.
This server provides 13 capabilities that interface natively with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP client. No middleware. No custom integration required.
Available Capabilities
Building a company profile used to take five different tabs and three hours of cross-referencing.
Today, building a company profile means jumping between news sites, Crunchbase, and investor pitch decks. You search for the company, find its name, copy the ID, paste it into a funding tracker, then open a separate tab to find its competitors, and finally, you start hunting for deals.
With the CB Insights MCP Server, you just ask your agent to 'Give me the full picture of Company X.' The agent runs `get_organization`, then `get_org_funding`, and `get_org_competitors` in the background. You get one unified, data-backed report instantly.
CB Insights MCP Server: Get the full picture of deal flow.
Previously, checking a deal required multiple steps: finding the deal by date, then finding the organization, and finally cross-referencing the lead investor. It was a painful, manual data chain.
Now, you can ask your agent to 'Show me the top 5 recent deals involving Company Y and its investors.' The agent uses `list_deals_by_org` and `get_investor` to synthesize the results. It's a single query, not a chain of clicks.
Common Questions About CB Insights MCP
How do I use the `get_org_funding` tool with CB Insights MCP Server? +
You simply ask your agent to 'What was the funding history of Company X?'. The agent recognizes this as a request for get_org_funding and retrieves the complete financial timeline for you.
Does the `get_org_competitors` tool need an industry ID? +
No. You just tell the agent the company name. The tool finds the company's profile and uses market positioning data to list its competitors.
What is the difference between `list_deals` and `list_deals_by_org`? +
list_deals gives you a broad list of the most recent deals across the market. list_deals_by_org filters that view down to show only the deals associated with a single, specific organization.
Can I find an investor's whole portfolio using `get_investor_portfolio`? +
Yes. You provide the investor's name, and the tool returns their full portfolio, showing every company and the associated deal details.
How do I check if the server is working with `check_cbi_status`? +
Just ask the agent to check the status. The tool confirms connectivity, letting you know if you can reliably pull market data.
How do I use `get_organization` to find a company's basic details? +
You pass the organization's name or ID to get_organization. This tool returns fundamental data like industry classification, employee count, and headquarters location. It's the starting point for detailed research on any company.
What data does `get_deal` return about a specific investment? +
The get_deal tool provides granular details for a single investment, including the deal amount, the round type (e.g., Series A), and the date of the funding. This helps you build a timeline of a company's capital raises.
Do I need to list investors first before using `get_investor`? +
No, you can use get_investor directly by providing the investor's name or ID. The tool pulls the profile and strategy data for that specific entity, regardless of whether you've searched for them using list_investors.
Can my AI agent retrieve the full funding history of a specific company just by providing the Organization ID? +
Yes! Use the get_org_funding tool with the Organization ID. Your agent will return every funding round — Seed, Series A through D, and IPO — including amounts raised, lead investors, round dates, and post-money valuations.
How do I map out the competitive landscape for a target company? +
Simply ask the agent to run get_org_competitors with the Organization ID. It will return direct competitors ranked by market positioning, funding similarity, and industry overlap, giving you an instant competitive analysis.
Does the integration allow modifying data or creating entries in CB Insights? +
No. All 13 tools are strictly read-only query operations — searching organizations, tracking funding, analyzing competitors, and exploring investors. The only write operation is chat_cbi, which sends a question to the AI engine. No destructive actions exist, ensuring your data remains secure.
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