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# List or search people

GET https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people

USE FOR: Browsing and filtering person/people/individual records in the people domain. semanticQuery uses the live priority embeddings tier and returns semanticMatch evidence. NOT FOR: Pre-create or pre-update identity gates; use /v1/people/duplicate-check.

Reference: https://docs.aventure.vc/api-reference/a-venture-api/people/list-people

## Authentication

- `X-Client-Secret` header (required) — Client secret for read-only service-to-service access (no writes)

## Request

### Query parameters

- `firstName` (string, optional) — Person first name.
- `lastName` (string, optional) — Person last name.
- `status` (string, optional) — Person workflow status.
- `arrayFilter.entityName` (list of string, optional) — Associated entity names.
- `arrayFilter.typeRecord` (list of enum, optional) — Associated entity type scope. Omit or use [] for any associated type.
  - Allowed values: `Company`, `Investment Firm`, `Fund`, `Nonprofit`, `Government`, `Organization`, `Business Line`, `Product`, `Service`
- `arrayFilter.personTitle` (list of string, optional) — Person titles.
- `arrayFilter.investedCompany` (list of string, optional) — Invested company names.
- `arrayFilter.round` (list of string, optional) — Fundraise round labels.
- `arrayFilter.amountRaisedRange` (list of object, optional) — Selected per-investment amount-raised ranges (inclusive decimal bounds, USD) used to filter people by investment activity. Body syntax is \[\{"min":220000,"max":5000000}] with plain JSON numbers only.
  - `max` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive maximum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
  - `min` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive minimum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
- `arrayFilter.amountInvestedRange` (list of object, optional) — Selected investor-level amount-invested ranges (inclusive decimal bounds) used to filter people by attributed investment activity. Body syntax is \{"arrayFilter":\{"amountInvestedRange":\[\{"min":220000,"max":5000000}]}} with plain JSON numbers in each fundraise transaction currency. Do not send currency signs, codes, commas, numeric strings, or abbreviated values.
  - `max` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive maximum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
  - `min` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive minimum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
- `arrayFilter.totalInvestmentCount` (list of object, optional) — Selected total-investment-count ranges (inclusive integer bounds) used to filter people by the number of distinct fundraise deals they invested in.
  - `max` (integer, optional, nullable) — Inclusive maximum integer.
  - `min` (integer, optional, nullable) — Inclusive minimum integer.
- `search` (string, optional) — Search keyword or phrase. Single characters valid; stop words rejected.
- `semanticQuery` (string, optional) — Semantic person search phrase.
- `letter` (string, optional) — First-name initial.
- `entityId` (string, optional) — Associated entity UUID.
- `entitySlug` (string, optional) — Associated entity slug.
- `role` (string, optional) — Associated entity role or title.
- `isCurrent` (boolean, optional) — Filter current associations.
- `includeUrl` (boolean, optional) — Include URL links on each person
- `includeAddress` (boolean, optional) — Include addresses on each person
- `investorActivity.totalInvestmentRange` (list of object, optional) — Distinct fundraise-deal count ranges for an investor, with inclusive integer bounds.
  - `max` (integer, optional, nullable) — Inclusive maximum integer.
  - `min` (integer, optional, nullable) — Inclusive minimum integer.
- `investorActivity.totalAmountInvestedUsdRange` (list of object, optional) — Total USD amount-invested ranges with inclusive bounds.
  - `max` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive maximum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
  - `min` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive minimum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
- `investorActivity.averageAmountInvestedUsdRange` (list of object, optional) — Average USD amount-invested ranges with inclusive bounds.
  - `max` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive maximum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
  - `min` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive minimum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
- `investorActivity.largestAmountInvestedUsdRange` (list of object, optional) — Largest USD amount-invested ranges with inclusive bounds.
  - `max` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive maximum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
  - `min` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive minimum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
- `investorActivity.smallestAmountInvestedUsdRange` (list of object, optional) — Smallest USD amount-invested ranges with inclusive bounds.
  - `max` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive maximum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
  - `min` (double, optional, nullable) — Inclusive minimum decimal number, such as 220000 or 123456.78.
- `countOnly` (boolean, optional) — When true, return only the page total in the body and skip the content payload.
- `hasImageFirst` (boolean, optional) — When true, sort people who have a photo before those who do not.
- `permitMonogram` (boolean, optional) — When false, monogram fallback logos are stripped from the response. Defaults to true.
- `includePrivate` (boolean, optional) — Privileged read scope for admin callers. Bypasses the public visibility filter so hidden, unverified, and not-yet-published records are returned instead of being silently dropped. Defaults to private for admin API key or ROLE_ADMIN callers; client-secret/client-read callers stay public.
- `page` (integer, optional, default: 0) — Zero-based page index (0..N)
- `size` (integer, optional, default: 25) — The size of the page to be returned
- `sort` (list of string, optional) — Sorting criteria in the format: property,(asc|desc). Default sort order is ascending. Multiple sort criteria are supported.

## Response

### 200

OK

- `content` (list of object, optional)
  - `id` (string, required) — Canonical person UUID
  - `image` (object, required) — Read projection: person image fields for detail/list responses
    - `isMonogram` (boolean, required) — Whether person image monogram
    - `picture` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `nameAlias` (list of object, required) — Display and search aliases for this person
    - `name` (string, required) — Alternate name text
    - `displayable` (boolean, optional, nullable) — Show this alias in public name displays.
    - `type` (enum, optional, nullable) — Alias type classification
      - Allowed values: `nickname`, `maidenName`, `formerName`, `stageName`
  - `nameFull` (string, required)
  - `slug` (string, required) — Canonical lowercase URL slug for the resource
  - `source` (object, required) — Grouped source/provenance metadata for private v1 response fields
    - `changedAt` (datetime, optional, nullable)
    - `dataSourceUpdatedAt` (datetime, optional, nullable)
    - `detail` (string, optional, nullable)
    - `kind` (string, optional, nullable)
    - `pendingApproval` (integer, optional, nullable)
    - `sourceId` (string, optional, nullable)
    - `status` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `text` (object, required) — Grouped person text content
    - `expanded` (string, optional, nullable) — Expanded summary text
    - `generatedDescription` (string, optional, nullable) — Generated SEO meta description text
    - `short` (string, optional, nullable) — Short summary text
  - `createdAt` (datetime, optional, nullable) — Record creation timestamp
  - `gender` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `lastModifiedAt` (datetime, optional, nullable) — Provenance-grounded last-modified watermark (schema.org dateModified): the latest effective time across all writes attributed to this person.
  - `nameFirst` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `nameLast` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `nameMiddle` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `nickname` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `publicId` (string, optional, nullable) — Stable, immutable public handle (e.g. `pV1StGXR8Z5ab`). Never changes once assigned, unlike the slug. Null on projections that do not select it and on rows still awaiting handle backfill.
  - `semanticMatch` (object, optional, nullable) — Semantic embedding match evidence populated only for semantic people reads.
    - `computedAt` (datetime, required) — Timestamp when the embedding row was computed.
    - `cosineDistance` (double, required) — pgvector cosine distance where lower is closer.
    - `cosineScore` (double, required) — Cosine similarity score where higher is closer.
    - `modelVersion` (string, required) — Embedding model/profile version for this row.
    - `rank` (integer, required) — One-based semantic rank within the returned ANN candidate set.
    - `sourceHash` (string, required) — SHA-256 hash of the source content.
    - `sourceId` (string, required) — Content embedding source identifier.
    - `sourceJson` (string, required) — Serialized JSONB source document stored for the embedding row.
    - `sourceText` (string, required) — Source text used to compute the stored embedding.
    - `sourceType` (enum, required) — Stored content embedding source partition.
      - Allowed values: `entity`, `person`, `newsArticle`, `blogPost`, `text`, `classificationTag`, `classificationCode`, `product`, `service`, `agentHelpDoc`
  - `suffix` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `updatedAt` (datetime, optional, nullable) — Last modification timestamp
- `empty` (boolean, optional)
- `first` (boolean, optional)
- `last` (boolean, optional)
- `number` (integer, optional)
- `numberOfElements` (integer, optional)
- `pageable` (object, optional)
  - `offset` (long, optional)
  - `pageNumber` (integer, optional)
  - `pageSize` (integer, optional)
  - `paged` (boolean, optional)
  - `sort` (object, optional)
    - `empty` (boolean, optional)
    - `sorted` (boolean, optional)
    - `unsorted` (boolean, optional)
  - `unpaged` (boolean, optional)
- `size` (integer, optional)
- `sort` (object, optional)
  - `empty` (boolean, optional)
  - `sorted` (boolean, optional)
  - `unsorted` (boolean, optional)
- `totalElements` (long, optional)
- `totalPages` (integer, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "image": {
        "isMonogram": true,
        "picture": "string"
      },
      "nameAlias": [
        {
          "name": "Bun",
          "displayable": true,
          "type": "nickname"
        }
      ],
      "nameFull": "string",
      "slug": "aventure-vc",
      "source": {
        "changedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
        "dataSourceUpdatedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
        "detail": "string",
        "kind": "string",
        "pendingApproval": 1,
        "sourceId": "string",
        "status": "string"
      },
      "text": {
        "expanded": "Canonical expanded summary for grouped text assertions.",
        "generatedDescription": "Acme AI builds AI copilots for growth teams.",
        "short": "Canonical short summary"
      },
      "createdAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
      "gender": "string",
      "lastModifiedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
      "nameFirst": "string",
      "nameLast": "string",
      "nameMiddle": "string",
      "nickname": "string",
      "publicId": "pV1StGXR8Z5ab",
      "semanticMatch": {
        "computedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
        "cosineDistance": 1.1,
        "cosineScore": 1.1,
        "modelVersion": "string",
        "rank": 1,
        "sourceHash": "string",
        "sourceId": "string",
        "sourceJson": "string",
        "sourceText": "string",
        "sourceType": "entity"
      },
      "suffix": "string",
      "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "empty": true,
  "first": true,
  "last": true,
  "number": 1,
  "numberOfElements": 1,
  "pageable": {
    "offset": 1,
    "pageNumber": 1,
    "pageSize": 1,
    "paged": true,
    "sort": {
      "empty": true,
      "sorted": true,
      "unsorted": true
    },
    "unpaged": true
  },
  "size": 1,
  "sort": {
    "empty": true,
    "sorted": true,
    "unsorted": true
  },
  "totalElements": 1,
  "totalPages": 1
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people"

querystring = {"includePrivate":"false","letter":"A","search":"AI"}

headers = {"X-Client-Secret": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people?includePrivate=false&letter=A&search=AI';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-Client-Secret': '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people?includePrivate=false&letter=A&search=AI"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-Client-Secret", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people?includePrivate=false&letter=A&search=AI")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-Client-Secret"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people?includePrivate=false&letter=A&search=AI")
  .header("X-Client-Secret", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people?includePrivate=false&letter=A&search=AI', [
  'headers' => [
    'X-Client-Secret' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people?includePrivate=false&letter=A&search=AI");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("X-Client-Secret", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["X-Client-Secret": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.aventure.vc/v1/people?includePrivate=false&letter=A&search=AI")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```