# Seed-Stage Startups in Europe Funded Since 2025

**Use case:** 

Startups in the European Union with up to 50 employees whose last recorded round is pre-seed or seed and closed on or after 1 January 2025, with domain, headcount, HQ, industry and the round's date and amount. A sourcing list for seed investors, early-stage hiring and services sold to young companies. Change the country group or the date to fit your thesis.

## Input

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "nl"
  ],
  "countryGroups": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "employeesMin": 200,
  "employeesMax": 50,
  "includeCompaniesWithoutHeadcount": false,
  "hasFunding": true,
  "fundedAfter": "2025-01-01",
  "fundingRounds": [
    "pre_seed",
    "seed"
  ],
  "sort": "employee_count_desc",
  "previewOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "Company",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "industry": {
    "label": "Industry",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "verticals": {
    "label": "Verticals",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "funding": {
    "label": "Funding",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "hq": {
    "label": "HQ",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "founded": {
    "label": "Founded",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "employeeCount": {
    "label": "Employees",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The LinkedIn Company Search Scraper — 115M Companies, Free Counts Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Seed-Stage Startups in Europe Funded Since 2025". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/hOc85jbarDxYgvUhJ) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Seed-Stage Startups in Europe Funded Since 2025" task

The LinkedIn Company Search Scraper — 115M Companies, Free Counts Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like countries, country groups, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Seed-Stage Startups in Europe Funded Since 2025" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as company, industry, verticals, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Seed-Stage Startups in Europe Funded Since 2025" task via API](https://apify.com/b2bsearch/company-database-search.md).

## FAQ

### What does the seed-stage startups task return?

The seed-stage startups task returns EU companies with up to 50 employees whose last round is pre-seed or seed and closed on or after 1 January 2025, with domain, headcount, HQ, industry and the round's date and amount.

### Does the eu group include the UK and Switzerland?

The eu group in the seed-stage startups task covers the 27 EU member states only. Add gb and ch to Countries for the UK and Switzerland.

### Can I narrow the startups by industry?

Add names to Industries in the seed-stage startups task, such as Software Development or Financial Services. An unknown name stops the run before any charge and lists the closest names.

### How do I count the startups for free first?

Turn on Preview only in the seed-stage startups task: it answers with the number of matching companies and charges nothing. Turn it off to get the rows.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [LinkedIn Company Search Scraper — 115M Companies, Free Counts](https://apify.com/b2bsearch/company-database-search.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/b2bsearch/company-database-search.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/b2bsearch/company-database-search.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).