Structured search
Best when you know specific criteria — industry, employee count, funding stage, location.Example prompts
- “Find 20 SaaS companies in San Francisco with 50-500 employees”
- “Find Series A fintech startups in the US”
- “Find AI companies founded after 2020 with at least $5M funding”
Available filters
Natural language search
Best when your criteria are too nuanced for filters, or when structured search returns no results.Example prompts
- “Find AI companies building developer tools in San Francisco”
- “Find Series C healthcare SaaS companies”
- “Find recently funded climate tech startups”
What you get back
Tips
- Less is more — don’t over-filter. Start broad, narrow if needed.
- Keywords are OR logic — “fintech” or “payments” matches either.
- Natural language fallback — if structured search returns 0 results, Canvas automatically retries with natural language.