# id.sifa.profile.investment

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✓ This is the authoritative definition for this NSID.

## Description

Capital the user put into a company or fund — an angel cheque, a syndicate position, a limited-partner commitment. Distinct from roles with duties (position, which now covers board seats and advisory work) and from equity received as compensation, which belongs to the position that granted it.

## Links

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## Definitions

### `id.sifa.profile.investment`

**Type**: `record`

Record representing one capital position.

**Key**: `tid`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `via` | `string` | No | Name of the investment vehicle the capital went through, if any. Omit for a cheque written in the person's own name. |
| `role` | `ref` → `id.sifa.defs#investmentRole` | No | How the capital went in. |
| `links` | `array` | No | Public artifacts relating to the investment (round announcement, portfolio page, filing). |
| `stage` | `ref` → `id.sifa.defs#investmentStage` | No | The company's funding stage at the time of the investment. |
| `amount` | `ref` → `id.sifa.defs#investmentAmount` | No | How much was invested. Optional and empty by default — cheque size is a personal financial disclosure, and clients must not prompt for it. |
| `labels` | `union` | No | Self-label values for this record. |
| `status` | `ref` → `id.sifa.defs#investmentStatus` | No | Where the position stands now, including written off. |
| `viaDid` | `string` (did) | No | DID of the vehicle's ATproto account, if one exists. |
| `company` | `string` | Yes | Name of the company invested in. For a limited-partner entry this is the fund itself, since an LP commits to the fund rather than to its portfolio. |
| `endedAt` | `string` | No | Date the position ended, on exit or write-off, in YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD format. Omit while the position is held. |
| `createdAt` | `string` (datetime) | Yes | Client-declared timestamp when this record was originally created. |
| `entityRef` | `string` (uri) | No | Portable, app-neutral identifier for the company the user selected from a resolver dropdown: a Wikidata Q-ID URI, a ROR URI, or an LEI URI. Absent for free-text entries. |
| `startedAt` | `string` | No | Date of the investment in YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD format. Freeform (NOT strict datetime) to allow partial dates. |
| `companyDid` | `string` (did) | No | DID of the company's ATproto account, if one exists. |
| `description` | `string` | No | What the company does and what the person contributes beyond capital. |
| `viaEntityRef` | `string` (uri) | No | Portable, app-neutral identifier for the vehicle selected from a resolver dropdown: a Wikidata Q-ID URI, a ROR URI, or an LEI URI. Funds carry LEIs by regulation, so this resolves more often than it does for ordinary companies. Absent for per-deal SPVs and unregistered vehicles. |

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "id": "id.sifa.profile.investment",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "key": "tid",
      "type": "record",
      "record": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "company",
          "createdAt"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "via": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 2560,
            "description": "Name of the investment vehicle the capital went through, if any. Omit for a cheque written in the person's own name.",
            "maxGraphemes": 256
          },
          "role": {
            "ref": "id.sifa.defs#investmentRole",
            "type": "ref",
            "description": "How the capital went in."
          },
          "links": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "ref": "id.sifa.defs#artifactLink",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "maxLength": 50,
            "description": "Public artifacts relating to the investment (round announcement, portfolio page, filing)."
          },
          "stage": {
            "ref": "id.sifa.defs#investmentStage",
            "type": "ref",
            "description": "The company's funding stage at the time of the investment."
          },
          "amount": {
            "ref": "id.sifa.defs#investmentAmount",
            "type": "ref",
            "description": "How much was invested. Optional and empty by default — cheque size is a personal financial disclosure, and clients must not prompt for it."
          },
          "labels": {
            "refs": [
              "com.atproto.label.defs#selfLabels"
            ],
            "type": "union",
            "description": "Self-label values for this record."
          },
          "status": {
            "ref": "id.sifa.defs#investmentStatus",
            "type": "ref",
            "description": "Where the position stands now, including written off."
          },
          "viaDid": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "did",
            "description": "DID of the vehicle's ATproto account, if one exists."
          },
          "company": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 2560,
            "minLength": 1,
            "description": "Name of the company invested in. For a limited-partner entry this is the fund itself, since an LP commits to the fund rather than to its portfolio.",
            "maxGraphemes": 256
          },
          "endedAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Date the position ended, on exit or write-off, in YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD format. Omit while the position is held."
          },
          "createdAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime",
            "description": "Client-declared timestamp when this record was originally created."
          },
          "entityRef": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Portable, app-neutral identifier for the company the user selected from a resolver dropdown: a Wikidata Q-ID URI, a ROR URI, or an LEI URI. Absent for free-text entries."
          },
          "startedAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Date of the investment in YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD format. Freeform (NOT strict datetime) to allow partial dates."
          },
          "companyDid": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "did",
            "description": "DID of the company's ATproto account, if one exists."
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 50000,
            "description": "What the company does and what the person contributes beyond capital.",
            "maxGraphemes": 5000
          },
          "viaEntityRef": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri",
            "description": "Portable, app-neutral identifier for the vehicle selected from a resolver dropdown: a Wikidata Q-ID URI, a ROR URI, or an LEI URI. Funds carry LEIs by regulation, so this resolves more often than it does for ordinary companies. Absent for per-deal SPVs and unregistered vehicles."
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Record representing one capital position."
    }
  },
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "lexicon": 1,
  "description": "Capital the user put into a company or fund — an angel cheque, a syndicate position, a limited-partner commitment. Distinct from roles with duties (position, which now covers board seats and advisory work) and from equity received as compensation, which belongs to the position that granted it."
}
```