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When the result looks wrong or returns 404, paste the exact Owler URL into the field above instead.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "includeInvestments": { "title": "Investment portfolio (companies this investor backed)", "type": "boolean", "description": "Each investor's investment portfolio — companies they invested into, with ticket size, date, ownership stake, target company description, target Owler profile URL. Default ON because this is the flagship signal of the actor: investor → which deals.", "default": true }, "includeAcquisitions": { "title": "M&A history (acquisitions this firm made)", "type": "boolean", "description": "Many PE firms and corporate VCs also acquire — this returns the full M&A timeline (target, date, amount, source URLs). 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