# Crunchbase Company Scraper — Profiles, Funding & Investors (`bovi/crunchbase-scraper`) Actor Scrape Crunchbase company profiles: name, description, categories, founding date, headquarters, headcount, website, total funding, funding rounds, investors, and more. Uses the official Crunchbase REST API v4 — structured, reliable data. Free API key required (data.crunchbase.com). Pay per result. - **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/crunchbase-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community) - **Categories:** Business, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $9.00 / 1,000 company records This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ### Crunchbase Company Scraper — Profiles, Funding & Investors Used by VC analysts building deal sourcing pipelines, growth teams enriching prospect lists with funding signals, and AI agents doing investor research mid-conversation. Scrape Crunchbase company profiles with funding round count, investor count, headcount range, categories, website, HQ location, social links, and Crunchbase's own **growth & heat momentum scores** — **no API key or login required**. Provide company slugs or search keywords and get clean JSON output instantly. **$9.00 per 1,000 company records** (Pay Per Event) — clean, flat output that undercuts the heavier raw-dump scrapers. --- ### What You Get Each record contains these fields: | Field | Description | |---|---| | `name` | Company display name | | `permalink` | Crunchbase slug (URL-safe ID) | | `short_description` | One-line company description | | `categories` | Industry category names (list) | | `headquarters` | City, Region, Country | | `num_employees` | Headcount band (e.g. `c_05001_10000`, `10001+`) | | `website` | Company homepage URL | | `contact_email` · `contact_phone` | Primary public contact email & phone | | `num_contacts` · `num_contact_emails` · `num_contact_phones` | Contacts-on-file counts | | `web_visits_monthly` · `web_visits_mom_pct` | SEMrush monthly web traffic + MoM change | | `num_technologies` | BuiltWith count of technologies used | | `num_funding_rounds` | Count of all funding rounds | | `last_funding_type` | Most recent round type (e.g. `series_c`, `seed`, `secondary_market`) | | `investor_count` · `num_investments` | Distinct investors · investments made | | `legal_name` · `stock_symbol` | Registered legal name · public ticker | | `growth_score` | Crunchbase growth score (0–100 momentum) | | `heat_score` | Crunchbase heat score (0–100 trending intensity) | | `rank_org_company` | Global Crunchbase company rank (lower = bigger) | | `company_type` | `for_profit` / `non_profit` | | `ipo_status` | `private` / `public` / `delisted` | | `num_acquisitions` | Count of acquisitions made | | `linkedin_url` · `facebook_url` · `twitter_url` | Company social profiles | | `founded_on` · `total_funding_usd` · `last_funding_at` | Populated when Crunchbase exposes them publicly; `null` for profiles where these are login-gated | | `url` | Full Crunchbase profile URL | | `scraped_at` | ISO timestamp of this run | | `parse_confidence` | 0.0–1.0 data quality score | | `warnings` | Machine-readable quality flags | --- ### Input #### Organization Slugs (direct lookup — recommended) Fetch specific companies by their Crunchbase permalink (the slug in the URL `crunchbase.com/organization/`): ```json { "organizationSlugs": ["airbnb", "stripe", "openai", "anthropic"] } ```` #### Search Queries Find companies by keyword: ```json { "searchQueries": ["generative AI startup", "fintech payments"], "maxSearchResults": 25 } ``` **No API key, no login, no proxy configuration needed.** Just add the slugs and run. *** ### Use Cases - **VC sourcing** — enrich a list of portfolio-company slugs with funding totals, round count, investors, and categories in bulk - **Sales intelligence** — qualify leads by funding stage, headcount, and category before outreach - **Competitive research** — profile every competitor by funding, HQ, employee band, and industry categories - **AI agent tools** — mid-conversation lookups: "How much has Anthropic raised?", "Get all Series A AI startups" *** ### Use with AI agents (MCP) Point your MCP client at this tool for real-time Crunchbase lookups mid-conversation: ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=bovi/crunchbase-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` Minimal agent input (direct slug lookup): ```json { "organizationSlugs": ["anthropic", "openai", "stripe"] } ``` No API key needed from the caller — just slugs. *** ### Sample Output ```json { "name": "Stripe", "permalink": "stripe", "short_description": "Stripe is a financial technology company that provides online payment processing and payment infrastructure.", "categories": ["B2B", "Financial Services", "FinTech", "Payments", "Mobile Payments"], "headquarters": "South San Francisco, California, United States", "num_employees": "c_05001_10000", "website": "https://stripe.com", "contact_email": "dpo@stripe.com", "contact_phone": "+1 888 926 2289", "num_contacts": 4741, "web_visits_monthly": 192623772, "num_technologies": 72, "last_funding_type": "secondary_market", "num_funding_rounds": 23, "investor_count": 68, "num_investments": 95, "num_acquisitions": 21, "growth_score": 99, "heat_score": 77, "rank_org_company": 76, "company_type": "for_profit", "ipo_status": "private", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/stripe", "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stripe", "parse_confidence": 1.0 } ``` > Note: `founded_on`, `total_funding_usd` and `last_funding_at` are returned when Crunchbase exposes them publicly; for profiles where these are login-gated they come back `null` (the values are not available to any logged-out scraper). *** ### Pricing **Pay-per-result (PPE)** — one charge per company profile returned. Every profile includes the full field set: contacts (email/phone), web-traffic, tech count, funding rounds, investors, growth/heat scores and social links. - 100 profiles = a few cents - 1,000 profiles = the per-1K rate shown on the pricing tab No subscription, no API key, no per-field upcharge — every record is the complete profile. *** ### vs other Crunchbase scrapers | | This actor | pratikdani/crunchbase-companies | vulnv/crunchbase-scraper-pro | davidsharadbhatt | |---|---|---|---|---| | Output style | **clean flat fields** | 98 raw nested objects | 97 flat fields | bulk CSV | | Usable without post-processing | ✅ | ❌ (raw dump) | ✅ | ✅ | | Contact email + phone | ✅ | nested | ✅ | partial | | Web traffic + tech count | ✅ | nested | ✅ | ❌ | | Growth / heat momentum scores | ✅ | nested | ✅ | ❌ | | Targeted single-company lookup | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ (min 1,000) | | `parse_confidence` quality flag | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | Store rating | new | ⭐1.5 | ⭐5 | ⭐4.8 | The market leader by volume returns a 98-field **raw dump** that buyers must flatten themselves (hence its low rating). This actor returns the same depth as **clean, flat, ready-to-use** columns. ### FAQ **Do I need an API key or login?** No. Provide company slugs (e.g. `stripe`, `airbnb`) and run — no Crunchbase account, no proxy config. **Why is `total_funding_usd` sometimes null?** Crunchbase gates the exact total-funding figure behind login for many companies. We return it when it's public; otherwise it's `null` — no logged-out scraper can read it. Funding-round **count**, last-round **type**, and **investor count** are always returned. **What's the difference vs the high-volume competitor?** That actor dumps ~98 raw nested Crunchbase objects you have to parse yourself. This actor flattens the same data into clean, documented columns plus contact email/phone and web-traffic — ready for your CRM or sheet. **Is this affiliated with Crunchbase?** No — independent tool, public data only. *** ### What `parse_confidence` Means - **1.0** — all key fields present - **0.8–0.9** — minor optional fields missing (normal for early-stage companies) - **< 0.7** — critical fields missing; inspect `warnings` for details Common warning codes: - `name_missing` — no company name found - `short_description_missing` — no description (common for very new companies) - `permalink_missing` — slug not returned *** ### Integrations Built for VC analysts and growth teams building deal-sourcing pipelines with startup funding history and investor signals — the JSON/dataset output drops into the tools you already run: - **n8n / Make / Zapier** — trigger a run or pipe every new dataset item into Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack, HubSpot, or your database: [n8n](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/n8n), [Make](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/make), [Zapier](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/zapier). - **Webhooks** — fire your own endpoint the moment a run finishes ([docs](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/webhooks)). - **MCP server** — expose this actor as a tool to Claude, Cursor, or any [MCP client](https://mcp.apify.com). - **API & SDKs** — fetch the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel through the Apify REST API or the Python / JS SDKs. See all [Apify integrations](https://apify.com/integrations). *** *Not affiliated with Crunchbase. Crunchbase is a trademark of Crunchbase Inc.* # Actor input Schema ## `organizationSlugs` (type: `array`): Crunchbase organization slugs to fetch directly — the path segment from crunchbase.com/organization/. Examples: airbnb, stripe, openai, anthropic. Each slug resolves to exactly one company profile. Use this for known companies; use searchQueries for discovery. ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): Keyword search queries to find organizations by name. Examples: 'fintech startup', 'AI platform'. Each query returns up to maxSearchResults results (best-effort autocomplete — for guaranteed results use organizationSlugs). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum total company records to return across all slugs and queries. 0 = no limit. Default 50. ## `includeCategories` (type: `boolean`): Include the company's industry categories list in the output. Default true. ## `maxSearchResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum results to fetch per search query. Default 25. ## Actor input object example ```json { "organizationSlugs": [ "airbnb", "stripe", "openai" ], "searchQueries": [], "maxItems": 50, "includeCategories": true, "maxSearchResults": 25 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Dataset containing Crunchbase Scraper records (name, headquarters, categories, num\_employees, contact\_email, contact\_phone, web\_visits\_monthly, num\_technologies, growth\_score, heat\_score, num\_funding\_rounds, investor\_count, ipo\_status, website, linkedin\_url, url, parse\_confidence). # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "organizationSlugs": [ "airbnb", "stripe", "openai" ], "searchQueries": [], "maxItems": 50, "includeCategories": true, "maxSearchResults": 25 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("bovi/crunchbase-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "organizationSlugs": [ "airbnb", "stripe", "openai", ], "searchQueries": [], "maxItems": 50, "includeCategories": True, "maxSearchResults": 25, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("bovi/crunchbase-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "organizationSlugs": [ "airbnb", "stripe", "openai" ], "searchQueries": [], "maxItems": 50, "includeCategories": true, "maxSearchResults": 25 }' | apify call bovi/crunchbase-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bovi/crunchbase-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Crunchbase Company Scraper — Profiles, Funding & Investors", "description": "Scrape Crunchbase company profiles: name, description, categories, founding date, headquarters, headcount, website, total funding, funding rounds, investors, and more. Uses the official Crunchbase REST API v4 — structured, reliable data. Free API key required (data.crunchbase.com). Pay per result.", "version": "0.2", "x-build-id": "oERGOKNX6Mrg4Ymal" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/bovi~crunchbase-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-bovi-crunchbase-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/bovi~crunchbase-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-bovi-crunchbase-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/bovi~crunchbase-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-bovi-crunchbase-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "organizationSlugs": { "title": "Organization slugs (direct lookup)", "type": "array", "description": "Crunchbase organization slugs to fetch directly — the path segment from crunchbase.com/organization/. Examples: airbnb, stripe, openai, anthropic. Each slug resolves to exactly one company profile. Use this for known companies; use searchQueries for discovery.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "searchQueries": { "title": "Search queries", "type": "array", "description": "Keyword search queries to find organizations by name. Examples: 'fintech startup', 'AI platform'. Each query returns up to maxSearchResults results (best-effort autocomplete — for guaranteed results use organizationSlugs).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max items total", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum total company records to return across all slugs and queries. 0 = no limit. Default 50." }, "includeCategories": { "title": "Include categories", "type": "boolean", "description": "Include the company's industry categories list in the output. Default true." }, "maxSearchResults": { "title": "Max results per search query", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum results to fetch per search query. Default 25." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```