# Top Private Markets Investors

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/private-markets/investors`

Returns the most prolific investors across the private-markets dataset, ordered by distinct
company count (descending).

This is a premium endpoint. Contact dev@unusualwhales.com to request access.



## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `limit` | integer | No |  |
| `offset` | integer | No |  |


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `company_count` | integer | Distinct number of companies this investor has backed. |
| `name` | string |  |


## Example

### curl

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/private-markets/investors" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/private-markets/investors", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "company_count": 14,
      "name": "Sequoia Capital"
    }
  ]
}
```