> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.venture.caplia.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Adding companies

> Every intake channel: manual, deck, email, WhatsApp, API, and forms

Companies reach your pipeline through whichever channels you switch on. All of them land in the pipeline's first active stage, kick off deck analysis, and score automatically against your active theses.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Add company" icon="plus">
    Manual entry or a one-off deck upload from **Add Company**, the fastest way in.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Bulk upload" icon="layer-group">
    Drop a folder of decks; each is processed in parallel into its own deal.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Email intake" icon="envelope">
    A unique address per team: forward a deck and the deal appears.
  </Card>

  <Card title="WhatsApp intake" icon="message">
    Founders send decks to your WhatsApp intake number.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Public forms & invites" icon="file-lines">
    A hosted submission page (with your custom fields), or one-off founder invite links that require a deck.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Programme codes" icon="ticket">
    Issue codes; founders redeem to link their existing Passport into your pipeline, no re-upload needed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API, MCP & embed widget" icon="code" href="/quickstart">
    Programmatic intake: REST endpoint, MCP tool, or a widget embedded in your own website form. Covered in the Venture API tab.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>
  Public form submissions cap the typed company description at 300 characters, and any custom form answers are attached to the deal as a note rather than stuffed into the profile.
</Note>