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Published October 8, 2026 · Updated November 11, 2026
The answer in 60 words: companies at the same funding stage buy the same things at the same time. This play reads the open web for companies at the stage you pick, Series B, Series A, seed or any other, optionally only those that raised in the last few weeks, scores them against your ICP, finds the buyers inside by title and seniority, and sends a message tuned to where the company is in its funding and growth. It refills daily.
This article describes the play exactly as published on joinvalley.co/playbooks on October 8, 2026. Valley makes the product, so read it as the maker's own guide, not a review.
Valley is an AI outbound platform that finds the people most likely to buy from you - from live buying signals, natural-language search, or your own lists - qualifies them against your ICP, researches each one, and sends personalized messages across email and LinkedIn that get 15-45% reply rates, against a category average of about 2%.
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Give your sales team
an unfair advantage.
Who this play finds, and why they reply
Funding stage is a proxy for team size, budget cycle and urgency all at once. A Series B company has a sales team, a tooling budget and a board asking about efficiency; a seed company has a founder doing sales and no tools. Prospecting by stage puts the right message in front of the right shape of company, and the recency option narrows it to the ones that just got the money.
The example on the play: companies that raised a seed or Series A round in the last 90 days in my market, under 500 employees. The stage, the recency and the size cap are all yours to set.
How the play runs
The flow, as the product shows it: Find companies › Find buyers › Research › LinkedIn.
Finds the companies (AI step). Valley reads the open web for companies at the funding stage you pick, optionally only those that raised in the last few weeks.
Keeps the fits (AI step). Companies at the funding stage and growth you target, scored against your ICP.
Finds the buyers inside (AI step). Titles and seniority matched to who buys your product.
Messages fit the stage. A message tuned to where the company is in its funding and growth.
Before you launch
Describe your target market so Scout can find the right starting point.
Setting | Value |
|---|---|
Audience | High + medium fit |
Cadence | Watch · refills daily |
Cadence tag | Refills daily |
Sending channel | LinkedIn only |
Example search
Companies that raised a Seed or Series A round in the last 90 days in my market, under 500 employees
Review the audience, message and sending settings before starting. The channel shown is the sending channel for this play, not the source of its prospects.
Give your sales team
an unfair advantage.
What the message says
A message tuned to where the company is in its funding and growth, in the play's words. A Series B note talks about scaling what works; a seed note talks about getting the first motion running. The research step supplies the company's specifics.
Recipients are matched by title and seniority to who buys your product at that stage, which changes with the stage: the founder at seed, the sales leader at Series B.
How to find companies that just raised funding
Free routes are press releases, Google Alerts and funding announcements on LinkedIn; paid databases add funding filters to a prospecting stack. Valley reads the open web for companies at the stage you pick, can limit the list to recent raises, scores each company against the ICP and writes the message. Every route is compared in how to find companies that just raised funding, and the signal itself is on funding round signals.
When this is the wrong play
Recency is the point, not the stage. Just raised or acquired is tuned to the raise itself and refills weekly.
Your market does not raise venture money. Bootstrapped and services markets have no stage. Firmographic data does the shaping instead.
The company changed owners rather than raised. PE-acquired or IPO'd is the ownership-change play.
Related plays
Just raised or acquired: New money means new headcount, new tools, new urgency.
Recently PE-acquired or IPO’d: Ownership change resets every budget and every vendor relationship.
Headcount surge: Companies growing over 20% a year are buying tools this quarter, not someday.
Open the play itself: Companies at a target funding stage on the Valley playbook library, or browse all 58 plays.
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FAQ
How do I find Series B companies to prospect? Tell Valley the stage. It reads the open web for companies at that stage, scores them against your ICP and finds the buyers inside.
Can I limit it to recent raises? Yes. Optionally only companies that raised in the last few weeks.
Who gets the message? Buyers inside each company, matched by title and seniority to who buys your product at that stage.
What does the message say? It is tuned to the company's stage and growth, with research on the company itself.
How often does it refresh? Daily.
Is a funding round a buying signal? Yes, and one of the clearest timing signals in B2B: new money usually means new hires, new tools and a board expecting growth. It works best when the company also fits the ICP, which is why this play scores every company before anyone is messaged. Other company-event signals, such as hiring and leadership changes, are listed in B2B buying signals.
