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GET
/
api
/
data
/
founders
/
{id}
Get single founder
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api-next.dealroom.co/api/data/founders/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "data": {
    "uuid": "1a2b3c4d-5e6f-7890-1234-567890abcdef",
    "name": "Patrick Collison",
    "tagline": "Co-founder and CEO of Stripe.",
    "image": "https://images.dealroom.co/people/patrick-collison.jpg",
    "dealroom_url": "https://app.dealroom.co/people/patrick-collison",
    "gender": "male",
    "is_serial_founder": true,
    "is_super_founder": true,
    "is_promising_founder": false,
    "is_strong_founder": true,
    "launch_year": 2010,
    "signal_rating": 123,
    "founded_companies_total_funding": 123,
    "hq_country": "United States",
    "hq_city": "San Francisco",
    "tags": [
      {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "<string>",
        "type": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "education": [
      {
        "university_uuid": "<string>",
        "university_name": "<string>",
        "degree": "<string>",
        "year_start": 123,
        "year_end": 123,
        "majors": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "universities": [
      {
        "id": 123,
        "year_start": 123,
        "year_end": 123,
        "degree": {
          "id": 123,
          "name": "<string>"
        },
        "majors": [
          {
            "id": 123,
            "name": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "university": {
          "uuid": "<string>",
          "name": "<string>",
          "image": "<string>",
          "hq_city": "<string>",
          "hq_country": "<string>"
        }
      }
    ],
    "companies": [
      {
        "entity_uuid": "<string>",
        "entity_name": "<string>",
        "image": "<string>",
        "hq_city": "<string>",
        "hq_country": "<string>",
        "total_funding": 123,
        "latest_valuation": 123,
        "latest_valuation_year": 123,
        "latest_valuation_month": 123,
        "signal_rating": 123,
        "sector_tags": [
          {
            "id": 123,
            "name": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "industries": [
          {
            "id": 123,
            "name": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "is_founder": true,
        "is_executive": true,
        "is_partner": true,
        "is_past": true,
        "raw_title": "<string>",
        "titles": [
          {
            "name": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "year_start": 123,
        "year_end": 123
      }
    ],
    "backgrounds": [
      {
        "id": 123,
        "name": "<string>"
      }
    ]
  },
  "currency": "EUR"
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

OAuth2 client-credentials flow against the Dealroom Auth0 tenant. Use the client_id / client_secret from a Programmatic API key. Tokens are valid for 24h — Swagger UI will reuse the same token across operations.

Path Parameters

id
string<uuid>
required

Stable UUID of the entity. Numeric ids are not accepted.

Minimum string length: 1
Example:

"345d1ab6-33df-4759-9e17-0d0c0ec9ab1c"

Response

Single founder

data
object
required
currency
string
required

Currency the founder monetary fields are expressed in (default USD).

Example:

"EUR"