# Find Buyers ## Detect Funding Events Hit new-money accounts the week they close their round — not a quarter later. > Of funded companies replace or add a major vendor within 90 days of closing a round. ## THE brıef Monitor every account in your addressable market for funding events. When a company closes a round, the agent surfaces the announcement, identifies the relevant contacts, scores the account against your ICP, and queues an outreach sequence before the budget is already committed. Funding is the single highest-intent signal in B2B. The window is short — usually 30 to 60 days. This agent makes sure you're first. ### Monitors the full market for funding activity The agent continuously tracks funding announcements across Crunchbase, PitchBook, SEC filings, press releases, and social signals — not just the big rounds that make TechCrunch. Seed rounds, Series A through D, venture debt, and PE investments are all captured. Coverage includes stealth companies, international rounds, and rounds announced quietly through founder posts. The agent cross-references each announcement against your ICP and TAM, so you're not wading through noise — just accounts that match your target profile. > NovaTech raised a $22M Series B. Stage: growth. Category: RevOps. Matched ICP Tier 1. 6 contacts identified. Sequence ready. ### Scores and prioritizes by ICP fit Not every funding event is worth chasing. The agent scores each funded company against your ideal customer profile — vertical, employee count, revenue band, tech stack, and existing tool set. Tier 1 accounts (high fit + large round) trigger automatic outreach prep. Tier 2 accounts queue for rep review. The agent considers round stage relative to your product fit: an early-stage seed round may not be ready for enterprise contracts, while a Series C almost certainly has a new budget cycle opening up. No manual scoring. No spreadsheet exports. > Series B accounts matched to ICP: 14 Tier 1, 27 Tier 2, 43 Tier 3. Tier 1 outreach queued. 12 already had CRM records — 2 were in closed-lost. ### Identifies and verifies decision-maker contacts After a funding event, new hires often follow — CFOs, RevOps leads, VP Sales, Head of Marketing. The agent identifies relevant contacts at each funded account, flags recent leadership changes triggered by the round, and verifies contact data across multiple providers using waterfall enrichment. The output is a ready-to-use contact list with verified emails, phone numbers, and LinkedIn profiles — not a raw data dump with 40% bounce rate. > NovaTech: 6 contacts verified. VP Revenue hired post-close. CFO confirmed email. 2 contacts flagged for manual review — recently changed companies. ### Queues personalized sequences tied to the funding narrative Generic outreach to funded accounts fails. The agent generates sequence copy that references the specific round, the likely budget priorities that come with it, and how your product fits the growth stage the company just entered. Series A companies face different challenges than Series C companies — the copy reflects that. Each sequence is built per account, not from a mass template. Reps review and approve before it goes out, but the research and draft are ready within hours of the announcement. > NovaTech — email 1: 'Congrats on the Series B. Most RevOps teams at your stage rebuild their stack in the first 90 days — here's what's changed since your last evaluation.' ## Today vs. with ABM Strategist ### Detect Funding Events **Today** Sales team finds out about funding events weeks later from a Google alert or a rep scrolling LinkedIn. Reps manually research funded companies one at a time before deciding if they're worth a pitch. Outreach references the round generically — 'congrats on your funding' — and converts at the same rate as cold email. **With ABM Strategist** Funding events are detected within hours, scored against your ICP, and sequenced before the budget window closes. ICP scoring, contact verification, and sequence drafts are ready by the time the rep sees the alert. Copy is tailored to round stage, company growth priorities, and your product's fit — reads like a warm introduction. ## Works with - [Signal-Based Outbound](/content/agents/signal-based-outbound/index.html) - Turns funding signals into multi-touch outreach sequences automatically. - [Build ABM Target List](/content/agents/build-abm-target-list/index.html) - Funded accounts that match ICP can be added directly to ABM target lists. - [Detect Hiring Surges](/content/agents/detect-hiring-surges/index.html) - Hiring spikes at funded companies confirm budget activation — pair for compound signal coverage. ### Three layers, one platform by Lantern Every agent runs on three layers: a unified data model, 150+ enrichment providers, and an open-source engine where every decision is auditable. #### Data Waterfall 150+ enrichment providers. Sequential routing optimized per segment. The best answer wins. No vendor lock-in. #### Agent Engine Open-source execution engine. Workflows defined in code. Human-in-the-loop checkpoints. Full audit trail on every action. #### Revenue Ontology Every data source normalized into one model. Entity resolution across systems. Relationships stored, not inferred. Schema that evolves with your business. ## FAQ - Which funding sources does the agent monitor? - How quickly does it detect a round after announcement? - Can I filter by round size or stage? - Does it work for companies not already in our CRM? > The 30-day window after a funding round is the highest-leverage outreach moment in B2B. This agent makes sure you never miss it.