Search People
Look up people using one of five search methods. Exactly one parameter must be provided.
Search types:
name— Fuzzy name search across both investors AND non-investor people (founders, employees). Returns up to 10 results.id— Person UUID lookup (returns 0 or 1)linkedin— LinkedIn person URL or slugcrunchbase— Crunchbase person URL or slugtwitter— Twitter/X URL or handle
person_type on each result indicates which pool the row came from
(investor wins when a person is in both). For full person detail, use /person.
Authorizations
API key authentication using Bearer token format.
Format: Authorization: Bearer vg_your_api_key_here
Query Parameters
Fuzzy search by person name
Person UUID
LinkedIn person URL
Crunchbase person URL
Twitter/X URL
Optional filter restricting results to one pool. investor keeps only
people tracked as investors/angels; company keeps only non-investor
people (founders, CEOs, employees). Omit to search both. Applies to
both name and identifier modes — identifier lookups return empty if
the resolved person doesn't match the requested type.
investor, company 
