Search Private Equity List from Claude, ChatGPT & Other AI Assistants

The Private Equity List MCP connector lets you search the investor database directly from your AI assistant — Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, Gemini, Perplexity, or any other MCP-compatible client. Describe who you’re looking for in plain language and the assistant maps your request to the right filters and returns a table of matching investors.

Searching investors requires an active Pro, Pro+, or Pro Max subscription. See Plans & Pricing for details.

TL;DR

Get your MCP key

Get it at privateequitylist.com/settings/api-mcp (requires Pro, Pro+, or Pro Max).

Add the server to your client

Point your AI assistant at https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp and sign in with your MCP key when the browser opens. Per-client instructions below.

Ask in plain language

For example: “Find Series A VC investors in fintech based in Europe” — the assistant returns a table of matching investors.

Connecting Your AI Assistant

Add the Private Equity List MCP server using one of these two URLs:

https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp — the main URL. Use this everywhere unless your client tells you otherwise. It handles both the standard browser-based OAuth sign-in and MCP key Bearer-token connections.
https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/sse — legacy fallback, only for older clients that support the SSE transport exclusively.

The bare https://mcp.privateequitylist.com with no path doesn’t work for either transport — it only serves a blank info page.

For the best experience we recommend Claude or VS Code — they handle the sign-in flow smoothly and work great for iterating on investor searches.

Claude (recommended)

In Claude, open Settings → Customize → Connectors.
Select Add custom connector and enter https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp.
Click Add — a browser window opens. Sign in with your MCP key from privateequitylist.com/settings/api-mcp and authorize the connection.
Open a new chat and enable Private Equity List in the tools menu (the sliders icon).

The connection then stays authorized between chats — Claude only asks you to sign in again once its token expires. Works the same in Claude on the web, desktop, and mobile.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT calls a custom MCP connection a plugin, and adding one needs developer mode.

In ChatGPT, open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode. Availability depends on your account, and inside a workspace on your admin’s policy.
Go to chatgpt.com/plugins and select the plus button.
Enter a name (Private Equity List) and a short description.
Under Connection, enter https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp as the MCP server URL, then create the connection. Sign in with your MCP key from privateequitylist.com/settings/api-mcp when the browser opens.
Open it from your personal plugins and select the plus button to install it.
In a new chat, add Private Equity List from the tools menu.

Claude Desktop (config file)

Open your Claude Desktop configuration file, add https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp under mcpServers, then restart Claude Desktop.

VS Code (recommended)

Open the Command Palette → MCP: Add Server → HTTP, and enter https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp. Or add it to your mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "private-equity-list": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code opens a browser to sign in with your MCP key the first time you use the server.

Cursor

Go to Settings → MCP → Add server and enter https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp.

Windsurf

Add https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp to your Windsurf MCP configuration.

Gemini CLI

Run:

gemini mcp add --url https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp private-equity-list

No separate login step needed — Gemini CLI discovers the sign-in requirement automatically and opens a browser the first time you actually use the connector.

Claude Code (CLI)

Run:

claude mcp add --transport http private-equity-list https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp && claude mcp login private-equity-list

The login step opens a browser to sign in with your MCP key; after that, the connection stays authorized until the token expires.

Perplexity

Go to Account settings → Connectors → + Custom connector, choose Remote, and enter https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp with transport type Streamable HTTP. Requires a Perplexity paid subscription.

Antigravity

Antigravity doesn’t support the browser-based OAuth sign-in yet, so connect with your MCP key as a Bearer token on the main /mcp URL. Add this to mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "private-equity-list": {
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <your-mcp-key>"
      },
      "url": "https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Other / advanced clients

Start with https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp and the standard OAuth sign-in flow. If your client can’t do a browser-based sign-in (no OAuth support), add the server manually with your MCP key as a Bearer token on the same URL:

Authorization: Bearer <your-mcp-key>

Only if your client supports the older SSE transport exclusively, fall back to https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/sse.For clients that speak stdio only and can’t reach a remote server directly, bridge with:

npx mcp-remote https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp

Being asked to sign in again is normal. Depending on your client and how long its token stays valid, the connector may ask you to re-authenticate every few days or weeks. Just run the one-click sign-in again — there’s nothing to reconfigure and no new key to generate.

Tools & Data

The connector exposes two read-only tools. Nothing is ever written back to your Private Equity List account.

Tool	What it does
`search_investors`	Finds investors by type, stage, industry, investment size, location, minority / ESG focus, and fund-level filters. Returns a table of matches, plus fund and contact counts you can drill into.
`get_token_balance`	Reports how many search tokens you have left and when they renew — or confirms unlimited access on Pro Max.

Getting Your MCP Key

You’ll need an MCP key from your Private Equity List account to connect. Get and manage it at privateequitylist.com/settings/api-mcp.

Keep your MCP key private — anyone with your key can search on your behalf and use your token balance.

For security, MCP keys expire one year after creation. If you see a message that your key has expired, generate a new one from your account settings and reconnect.

What You Can Ask For

The assistant can filter investors by:

Investor type — Private Equity, Venture Capital, Angel investors, Corporate VC, Family offices, Fund of funds, Debt funds
Investment stage — Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Late Stage (Series C+)
Industry — any sector or niche (fintech, healthtech, climate, etc.)
Investment size — from under $1M up to$ 100M+
Location — country, state/region, city, or broader investment region (e.g. Europe, Asia, North America)
Minority / ESG focus — impact investors, women-led, LGBTQ, and other minority-focused funds
Fund-level details — fund industry, stage, region, size, and launch date

Just ask naturally, for example:

“Find Series A VC investors in fintech based in Europe”

“Show me family offices in the US that invest $10–50M in healthcare”

“Are there any impact investors focused on climate tech in the UK?”

Subscriptions and Usage

Searching investors requires an active Pro, Pro+, or Pro Max subscription.

Pro / Pro+ — usage is measured in tokens. Every new investor the assistant shows you costs one token; investors you’ve already seen in the same conversation don’t cost anything extra. Your token balance renews on a monthly cycle, and the assistant shows your remaining balance and renewal date at the start of each session.
Pro Max — unlimited access. No token balance to track or run out of.

If you run out of tokens, the assistant will let you know and suggest upgrading. If your subscription isn’t active, you’ll be asked to subscribe before searching.

Tips for Better Results

Be specific — narrowing your search by stage, industry, or region saves tokens and returns more relevant results.

Large result sets (100+ investors) won’t be dumped all at once — the assistant tells you the total and asks whether to narrow the search or show everything.
You can ask follow-up questions about a specific investor’s funds or contacts once they appear in your results.

Security & Privacy

Your data, your access

The connector only returns data your Private Equity List subscription already gives you access to.

Read-only

Every tool only reads. Nothing in your Private Equity List account is created, changed, or deleted.

Verify the endpoint

Connect only to the official mcp.privateequitylist.com endpoint, over HTTPS.

Privacy

See how we handle your data in the privacy policy.

Troubleshooting

Which URL do I paste?

Use https://mcp.privateequitylist.com/mcp. The older /sse endpoint still works but is legacy — only reach for it if your client supports nothing else. Don’t paste the bare host without a path: it only serves a blank info page.

It connects, but searches come back with an error

Searching needs an active Pro, Pro+, or Pro Max subscription. “No active subscription” means the plan isn’t active; “Token limit reached” means this cycle’s tokens are spent — either wait for the monthly renewal or upgrade.

The assistant answers without using Private Equity List data

Name the connector in your prompt — for example “using the Private Equity List connector, find Series A fintech VCs in Europe”. Otherwise the assistant may answer from its own general knowledge instead of querying the database.

My search returned nothing

Usually the filters are too narrow — loosen one of them or rephrase more broadly. Countries are matched on full names, so use United States rather than USA, and United Kingdom rather than UK.

My key stopped working

MCP keys expire one year after they’re issued. Generate a fresh one at privateequitylist.com/settings/api-mcp and sign in again with the new key.

Need Help?

If you run into connection issues, an expired key, or subscription questions, reach out to Private Equity List support from your account.

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Search Private Equity List from Claude, ChatGPT & Other AI Assistants

TL;DR

Connecting Your AI Assistant

Tools & Data

Getting Your MCP Key

What You Can Ask For

Subscriptions and Usage

Tips for Better Results

Security & Privacy

Your data, your access

Read-only

Verify the endpoint

Privacy

Troubleshooting

Need Help?

​TL;DR

​Connecting Your AI Assistant

​Tools & Data

​Getting Your MCP Key

​What You Can Ask For

​Subscriptions and Usage

​Tips for Better Results

​Security & Privacy

Your data, your access

Read-only

Verify the endpoint

Privacy

​Troubleshooting

​Need Help?

TL;DR

Connecting Your AI Assistant

Tools & Data

Getting Your MCP Key

What You Can Ask For

Subscriptions and Usage

Tips for Better Results

Security & Privacy

Troubleshooting

Need Help?