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# New investment

## Description

A **New Investment** event tracks when an organization or investor makes a strategic investment in a company. This data helps identify market movements, strategic partnerships, and industry growth patterns.

**Important:** The **New Investment** event surfaces **only recent investment activities** within the last quarter (`timestamp_from` should be set to the past 3 months). If there was no investment recorded during this period, the response will be empty.

**For historical investment records**, use the **Funding & Acquisitions Enrichment API**.

## Use cases

* **Investor Tracking**: Monitor investment activity from venture capitalists, private equity firms, and corporations.
* **Market Trends**: Understand which sectors and companies are receiving financial backing.
* **Competitive Intelligence**: Gain insight into competitor investments and expansion plans.
* **Strategic Partnerships**: Identify relationships between investors and businesses.

## Data Schema

**Event Name: "new\_investment" (Use this value in the event\_types parameter when querying this event.)**

| Signal                          | API Name                     | Description                                                                                                                          | Data Type                 |
| :------------------------------ | :--------------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------ |
| Type of investment              | investment\_type             | Type of investment extracted from the report or article.                                                                             | string                    |
| Event time                      | event\_time                  | The timestamp indicating when the event actually occurred                                                                            | datetime                  |
| Target of investment            | investment\_target           | Text extracted from the article describing the target of the investment.                                                             | string (nullable)         |
| Snippet of article              | snippet                      | Snippet of the published article or report on company's new investment.                                                              | string                    |
| Title of new investment article | title                        | Title of published news report or article on company's new investment.                                                               | string                    |
| Link to article                 | link                         | Link to article announcing the company's new investment.                                                                             | url                       |
| Amount of investment            | investment\_amount           | Size of investment in dollars extracted from the article.                                                                            | number (nullable)         |
| Investment Currency             | investment\_amount\_currency | The currency code (ISO 4217) that specifies the currency of the investment amount. For example, USD for US Dollars or EUR for Euros. | currency\_code (nullable) |

## Query Example

```curl cURL theme={null}
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/events" \
  -H "API_KEY: your_api_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "event_types": [
    "new_investment"
  ],
  "business_ids": [
    "8adce3ca1cef0c986b22310e369a0793"
  ],
  "timestamp_from": "2025-01-01T10:03:03.050Z"
}'
```

## Best Practices

* **Filter by investment type** to track strategic vs. financial investments.
* **Analyze investment targets** to identify high-growth companies and sectors.
* **Monitor investment amounts** to assess the scale of market movements.

## Related Events

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card icon="chart-line" horizontal title="IPO Announcement" href="/reference/businesses/events/types/ipo-announcement">
    Initial Public Offering announcement
  </Card>

  <Card icon="dollar-sign" horizontal title="New Funding Round" href="/reference/businesses/events/types/new-funding-round">
    Announcement of a new funding round
  </Card>
</Columns>