Crunchbase Company Scraper

"Startup Funding & Company Intelligence" by John Rippy | johnrippy.link

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Scrape startup and company data from Crunchbase. Extract funding information, investors, founders, and company details. Perfect for market research, lead generation, and competitive intelligence.

Features

• Company Profiles: Name, description, website, headquarters, founded date
• Funding Data: Total funding, rounds, amounts, investors
• Team Info: Founders and key executives
• Industry Tags: Categories and sectors
• Social Links: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook
• Filters: Industry, location, funding stage, minimum funding

Use Cases

• Market Research: Discover competitors and market trends
• Lead Generation: Find funded companies to sell to
• Investment Research: Track funding activity in sectors
• Competitive Intelligence: Monitor competitor funding and growth
• Sales Prospecting: Build lists of well-funded startups

Input Configuration

{
  "demoMode": false,
  "searchQuery": "AI startup",
  "category": "artificial-intelligence",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "fundingStage": "series-a",
  "minFunding": "$1M",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "includeFundingRounds": true
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
demoMode	boolean	No	Run with sample data (no scraping)
searchQuery	string	No	Company name or search term
category	string	No	Industry filter (ai, saas, fintech, etc.)
location	string	No	Headquarters location filter
fundingStage	string	No	Last funding stage (seed, series-a, etc.)
minFunding	string	No	Minimum total funding
maxResults	integer	No	Maximum companies to scrape (default: 50)
includeFundingRounds	boolean	No	Include detailed funding history

Output

{
  "name": "TechVenture AI",
  "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/techventure-ai",
  "description": "Enterprise AI platform for workflow automation...",
  "shortDescription": "Enterprise AI automation platform",
  "website": "https://techventureai.com",
  "headquarters": "San Francisco, CA",
  "founded": 2021,
  "employees": "51-100",
  "industries": ["Artificial Intelligence", "Enterprise Software", "SaaS"],
  "totalFunding": "$45M",
  "lastFundingType": "Series B",
  "lastFundingDate": "2025-09-15",
  "lastFundingAmount": "$30M",
  "investors": ["Sequoia Capital", "Andreessen Horowitz"],
  "fundingRounds": [
    {
      "type": "Series B",
      "date": "2025-09-15",
      "amount": "$30M",
      "leadInvestors": ["Sequoia Capital"]
    }
  ],
  "founders": [
    {
      "name": "Sarah Chen",
      "title": "CEO & Co-founder",
      "linkedIn": "https://linkedin.com/in/sarahchen"
    }
  ],
  "socialLinks": {
    "linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/company/techventureai",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/techventureai"
  },
  "rank": 1250,
  "scrapedAt": "2025-12-23T12:00:00Z"
}

Industry Categories

• artificial-intelligence - AI & Machine Learning
• saas - Software as a Service
• fintech - Financial Technology
• healthtech - Healthcare Technology
• ecommerce - E-Commerce
• edtech - Education Technology
• cybersecurity - Cybersecurity
• clean-tech - Clean Technology
• real-estate-tech - Real Estate Tech
• enterprise-software - Enterprise Software

Funding Stages

• seed - Seed Round
• series-a - Series A
• series-b - Series B
• series-c - Series C
• series-d - Series D+
• ipo - IPO

Pricing

• $0.03 per company scraped
• $0.01 per funding round included
• Demo mode is free

Integrations

Zapier

Build investment research workflows with Zapier:

1. Add the "Apify" app in Zapier
2. Select "Run Actor" as the action
3. Enter localhowl/crunchbase-scraper as the actor ID
4. Send funded startups to your CRM or Google Sheets

Make (Integromat)

Automate lead generation for B2B sales:

1. Add the Apify module to your Make scenario
2. Select "Run an Actor" action
3. Configure with industry and funding filters
4. Route companies to HubSpot, Salesforce, or Airtable

n8n

1. Add the Apify node to your workflow
2. Configure with your Apify API token
3. Set actor ID to localhowl/crunchbase-scraper
4. Enrich leads with contact data from other nodes

Webhooks

Receive startup data via webhook:

{
  "webhooks": [{
    "eventTypes": ["ACTOR.RUN.SUCCEEDED"],
    "requestUrl": "https://your-app.com/webhook/crunchbase"
  }]
}

API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/localhowl~crunchbase-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchQuery": "AI startup", "category": "artificial-intelligence", "maxResults": 50}'

Support

• LinkedIn: John Rippy
• Website: johnrippy.link

🏆 2025 Zapier Automation Hero of the Year — Project Phoenix: A 95-step AI sales pipeline cutting development time by 50%. Read more →

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Built by John Rippy | johnrippy.link

🏆 2025 Zapier Automation Hero of the Year — Project Phoenix: A 95-step AI sales pipeline cutting development time by 50%. Read more →