Add a Company to the Candidate Pool

Add a Company to the Candidate Pool

If there are companies that are not included in Canopy’s search results, users can manually add them to the Candidate Pool. Companies can be added individually or imported in bulk using a CSV file

To add a company individually, click “Add” under the Candidate Pool tab. You will be prompted to enter the company name, URL, industry/sector, and company description. After confirming the information, click “Add” to register the company to the Candidate Pool.



To add candidate companies using a CSV file, ensure that the file contains fewer than 500 rows and follows the required format below: 


company_name

url

sector

description

Zipline

https://www.zipline.com/

Logistics / Drone

An American robotics company and …

BringAuto

https://bringauto.com/en/

Logistics / Transport

A Czech robotics and technology company …





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