Venturu

Venturu's MCP server turns AI agents into deal scouts - letting them search the Venturu marketplace for businesses up for sale, discover brokers who can guide…

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What it can do

  • List Business Categories: Returns all industry categories and their business types with IDs. Use the business type IDs in search_businesses (businessTypeIds) to filter listings by category. Call this
  • List Languages: Returns all languages with their IDs. Use these IDs in search_brokers (languageIds) to find brokers who speak specific languages. Call this when you need to discover which language IDs
  • Search Businesses: Search for businesses (listings) for sale on Venturu. Supports natural-language location (e.g. 'Palm Beach, FL', 'Miami', '33101') via the location parameter, or an exact bbox. Othe

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Venturu's MCP server turns AI agents into deal scouts - letting them search the Venturu marketplace for businesses up for sale, discover brokers who can guide the process, and reach out directly to sellers or brokers to get the conversation started.

How to connect

How to connect Venturu to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://venturu.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect Venturu to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://venturu.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect Venturu to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://venturu.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (9)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

list_business_categoriesReturns all industry categories and their business types with IDs. Use the business type IDs in search_businesses (businessTypeIds) to filter listings by category. Call this first when you need to discover which IDs to use for a given industry or business type.
list_languagesReturns all languages with their IDs. Use these IDs in search_brokers (languageIds) to find brokers who speak specific languages. Call this when you need to discover which language IDs to use.
search_businessesSearch for businesses (listings) for sale on Venturu. Supports natural-language location (e.g. 'Palm Beach, FL', 'Miami', '33101') via the location parameter, or an exact bbox. Other filters: price, revenue, business type, state, etc. Returns censored listing data with titles and addresses handled according to listing visibility settings.
search_brokersSearch for business brokers (agents) on Venturu by location, name, languages, and more. Returns verified brokers with email and phone redacted.
get_businessGet full details for a single business (listing) by its slug. Call this when the user asks for more information about a specific business. Use the slug from search_businesses results.
get_brokerGet full details for a single broker (agent) by their profile slug. Call this when the user asks for more information about a specific broker. Use the slug from search_brokers results.
contact_brokerSend a contact message to a broker on Venturu by their profile slug. Requires an authenticated Venturu account. Provide the broker slug and the message to send. Use search_brokers to find broker slugs.
contact_sellerSend a contact message to a seller on Venturu by their listing ID. Requires an authenticated Venturu account. Provide the listing ID and the message to send. Use search_businesses to find listing IDs.
who_am_iReturns the identity of the currently authenticated user. Requires authentication. Use this to verify that the connection is correctly authenticated (e.g. in the voice agent).