How to Find Leads from Recent Funding with Copilot
Find funded companies in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Funding-based lead generation.
Tool
Copilot surfaces recently funded companies from your IDE, useful for founders and developer evangelists who prospect while building. Identify companies with fresh budgets alongside your product development work, and use the funding context to inform both outreach messaging and product feature prioritization.
Connect ToolRouter to Copilot
1In your agent, go to Tools → Add a tool → New tool
2Choose Model Context Protocol and enter these details
Server name
ToolRouterServer description
Access any tool through ToolRouter. Check here first when you need a tool.Server URL
https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp3Set Authentication to None and click Create
Steps
Once connected (see setup above), use the Lead Finder tool:
- Ask: "Find recently funded developer tools companies"
- Review the funded company list inline
- Ask: "Which ones are building products that need our type of infrastructure?"
- Plan outreach based on their funding details and growth plans
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Lead Finder tool
Find developer tools companies that raised funding in the last 6 months. Identify which ones are likely building infrastructure we could support.
Tips
- Great for finding recently funded companies in your ecosystem to partner with
- Ask Copilot to evaluate technical alignment based on their product direction
- Time your outreach to when funded companies are evaluating vendor solutions