Startup Funding Signal Scraper

Track recently funded startups as B2B sales intelligence signals. Scrapes EU-Startups.com and TechCrunch Venture for fresh funding announcements and extracts structured data: company name, funding amount, round type, country, sectors, and investors — all in one clean JSON dataset.

No API keys required. Runs on demand or on a schedule. Ready to plug into your CRM, sales pipeline, or market intelligence workflow.

Why Use Startup Funding Signal Scraper?

Every week, hundreds of startups close funding rounds — and every one of them is a warm sales signal. Newly funded companies are actively hiring, buying tools, and scaling operations. Reaching them within days of their announcement dramatically improves conversion rates.

This Actor does the grunt work of monitoring two of the best funding news sources — EU-Startups (European coverage) and TechCrunch (US and global) — so you never miss a signal:

• Sales prospecting: Find startups that just raised and are likely buying SaaS, recruiting, marketing, or infrastructure tools
• Market intelligence: Track which sectors attract investment, which round types dominate, and how funding volumes shift over time
• Lead generation: Build targeted lists of funded companies in your vertical, filtered by amount, round type, or region
• Competitive monitoring: Watch when companies in your space or adjacent niches raise — know before your competitors do
• Investor research: Track deal flow from specific VCs or emerging fund activity in a sector
• Content and PR: Identify newly funded startups for partnership pitches, press outreach, or ecosystem mapping

How to Use Startup Funding Signal Scraper

1. Go to the Actor page on Apify Store and click Try for free
2. Choose your sources: eu-startups, techcrunch, or both
3. Set daysBack to define how far back to look (e.g. 7 for last week's signals)
4. Optionally filter by minAmountM (minimum round size in millions) and roundType
5. Set maxResults — default is 30, max is 200
6. Click Start — results appear in the Output tab within seconds
7. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel — or trigger runs via the Apify API on a schedule

Input Reference

Field	Type	Default	Description
sources	string	both	Which sources to scrape: eu-startups, techcrunch, or both
maxResults	integer	30	Maximum signals to return (1–200)
daysBack	integer	30	How many days back to look (1–90)
minAmountM	number	0	Minimum round size in millions (e.g. 5 for Series A+ only)
roundType	string	(all)	Filter by round: Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Pre-Seed, Bridge, IPO

Example Input — European Seed Rounds This Week

{
  "sources": "eu-startups",
  "daysBack": 7,
  "minAmountM": 1,
  "roundType": "Seed",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Example Input — All Recent US Raises Above $10M

{
  "sources": "techcrunch",
  "daysBack": 14,
  "minAmountM": 10,
  "maxResults": 100
}

Output

Each funding signal includes the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
startupName	string	Company that received funding
title	string	Original article headline
fundingAmountRaw	string	Raw amount as written in the article (e.g. "€2.1 million")
fundingAmountM	number	Normalized amount in millions for filtering and sorting
currency	string	EUR, USD, or GBP
roundType	string	Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A–E, Growth, Bridge, IPO, or null
country	string	Country of the startup (from EU-Startups tags)
sectors	array	Industry tags (e.g. ["AI", "HealthTech", "B2B SaaS"])
investors	array	Named investors/VCs mentioned in the article
source	string	eu-startups or techcrunch
publishedAt	string	ISO 8601 publication date
articleUrl	string	Link to the original article
summary	string	First 300 characters of the article description

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel from the Output tab or via the Apify API.

Example Output

{
  "startupName": "OurMind",
  "title": "Amsterdam's OurMind raises €2.1 million in seed funding",
  "fundingAmountRaw": "€2.1 million",
  "fundingAmountM": 2.1,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "roundType": "Seed",
  "country": "Netherlands",
  "sectors": ["AI", "HealthTech"],
  "investors": ["Gradient Ventures"],
  "source": "eu-startups",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T08:00:00.000Z",
  "articleUrl": "https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/06/...",
  "summary": "OurMind, the Amsterdam-based AI platform for mental health practitioners, has raised €2.1 million..."
}

Source Coverage

Source	Geography	Typical Round Size	Strengths
EU-Startups	Europe (primary)	€500K–€100M+	Country detection, sector tags, early-stage EU coverage
TechCrunch	US + Global	$5M+	High-profile rounds, US unicorns, global tech coverage

EU-Startups is the strongest source for European funding rounds across all stages. It covers Germany, Netherlands, France, UK, Spain, Poland, and other EU markets with detailed category tagging.

TechCrunch focuses on larger rounds and US-based companies. The Actor applies strict filtering to exclude editorial content and VC fund announcements — only startup funding news passes through.

How Much Does It Cost?

Apify provides a free tier with $5 of platform credits per month — enough for dozens of daily runs.

Run configuration	Approximate time	Estimated cost
30 results, 1 source	~5–10 seconds	<$0.01
100 results, both sources	~15–30 seconds	~$0.01
200 results, both sources	~30–60 seconds	~$0.02

This Actor uses RSS feed parsing — extremely fast and lightweight, no browser automation needed.

Tips for Best Results

• Schedule daily runs at 8am to get fresh signals every morning before your sales team starts their day
• Use daysBack: 3 for high-frequency monitoring to catch signals within 72 hours of announcement
• Combine minAmountM: 5 with roundType: "Series A" to target companies with meaningful budgets but not yet enterprise-locked
• Export to Google Sheets or pipe results directly into your CRM via the Apify API or Zapier integration
• Filter by country in your downstream processing to target specific markets — EU-Startups tags include Germany, Netherlands, France, and 15+ other countries
• Round type is null when the article doesn't clearly name the round — check fundingAmountM to infer stage

Use With the Apify API and MCP

Trigger runs programmatically and retrieve results via the REST API:

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/actorpilot~startup-funding-signal-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"sources":"eu-startups","daysBack":7,"minAmountM":1,"maxResults":50}'

The Actor works with the Apify MCP server — connect it to Claude, GPT-4, or any MCP-compatible AI assistant to query funding data conversationally:

"Show me all European AI startups that raised a Series A in the last 7 days"

FAQ

How accurate is the funding amount extraction? Amounts are extracted via regex from article text and headlines. Well-written announcements (e.g. "raises €5 million Series A") parse cleanly. Vague articles ("raises significant funding") will have null for the amount fields.

Why is roundType null for some entries? The round type is extracted from text patterns like "Series A" or "seed round". If the article doesn't mention the round type explicitly, it will be null.

Why is country only populated for EU-Startups results? EU-Startups.com uses category tags like "German Startups" or "Dutch Startups" that allow reliable country detection. TechCrunch does not use equivalent geographic tags.

Can I get investor names for all articles? Investor extraction uses named entity patterns (VC firm names, "led by", "backed by" phrases). Not all articles mention investors explicitly — roughly 30–60% will have investor data.

Is the data real-time? The Actor fetches from live RSS feeds at run time. For maximum freshness, schedule it to run multiple times per day.

I need custom filtering or integration with my CRM — can you help? Open a ticket via the Issues tab on the Actor page. Custom solutions and enterprise integrations are available on request.