# Wellfound Startup Company Scraper (`codenest/wellfound-startup-company-scraper`) Actor

Input industry, location, tech stack or direct URLs to scrape Wellfound startups. Outputs complete company data: hiring stats, job counts by department, funding stage, team locations, culture overview & market insights.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/codenest/wellfound-startup-company-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [CodeNest](https://apify.com/codenest) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 scraped basic startup company profiles

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🚀 Wellfound Startup Company Scraper - Ultimate Startup Intelligence Extractor

**Effortlessly scrape comprehensive startup company data from Wellfound with our powerful **Wellfound Startup Company Scraper**! This Apify actor enables bulk extraction of startup profiles, hiring data, funding information, team details, and market intelligence.**

***

### 📋 Overview

Need to discover innovative startups, analyze hiring trends, or build startup databases? This **Wellfound Startup Company Scraper** delivers:

- 🏢 **Complete Startup Profiles** - Company names, sizes, stages, and locations
- 📊 **Hiring Intelligence** - Open jobs, departments, and active hiring status
- 💰 **Funding Insights** - Investment stages and growth indicators
- 👥 **Team Analytics** - Employee counts and geographic distribution
- 🎯 **Market Positioning** - Industries, markets, and competitive landscapes

Perfect for job seekers 💼, venture capitalists 💰, startup analysts 📈, and talent acquisition professionals 🎯!

***

### ⭐ Core Capabilities of Wellfound Startup Company Scraper

#### 🏢 Startup Extraction

- **Multi-Keyword Search** - Find startups by industry, location, and technology
- **Complete Company Profiles** - Names, URLs, pitches, and overviews
- **Location Intelligence** - Headquarters and team locations
- **Size Detection** - Company size classification

#### 💼 Hiring Intelligence

- **Open Job Count** - Total active positions
- **Department Breakdown** - Jobs by department (Engineering, Sales, etc.)
- **Active Hiring Status** - Real-time hiring indicators
- **Jobs URL** - Direct job listings access

#### 📊 Startup Analytics

- **Stage Classification** - Early Stage, Growth Stage, etc.
- **Market Detection** - Industry and vertical identification
- **Funding Insights** - Investment stage and backing information
- **Highlights Extraction** - Key company differentiators

#### 👥 Team & Culture

- **Team Locations** - Distributed team geography
- **Employee Count** - Company size metrics
- **Culture Overview** - Company mission and values
- **Benefits Information** - Perks and compensation insights

***

### ⚙️ Input Configuration

Simply enter your search criteria or direct URLs, configure limits, and click "Start". Input looks like this:

```json
{
  "directUrls": [
    "https://wellfound.com/startups/l/san-francisco/artificial-intelligence?tech=management"
  ],
  "includeDetails": false,
  "industry": "Web Development",
  "location": "New York",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "tech": "Python"
}
```

#### 📝 Input Specifications

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `industry` | String | ❌ No | - | Industry filter (AI, SaaS, Fintech, etc.) |
| `location` | String | ❌ No | - | City or region to filter startups |
| `tech` | String | ❌ No | - | Technology stack filter (Python, React, etc.) |
| `directUrls` | Array | ❌ No | \[] | Direct Wellfound listing URLs |
| `includeDetails` | Boolean | ❌ No | false | Include detailed company overviews |
| `maxItems` | Integer | ❌ No | 10 | Maximum startups to extract |
| `proxyConfiguration.useApifyProxy` | Boolean | ❌ No | true | Enable Apify proxy rotation |

***

### 📤 Output Structure

Your **Wellfound Startup Company Scraper** produces comprehensive startup data with hiring, funding, and team information:

```json
[
  {
    "companyNo": 1,
    "companyName": "Voicera.io",
    "companySlug": "voicera-io",
    "companyUrl": "https://wellfound.com/company/voicera-io",
    "website": "https://voicera.io/",
    "logoUrl": "https://photos.wellfound.com/startups/i/8716891...",
    "pitch": "Believe what you hear. Trust what you see",
    "companySize": "1-10",
    "locations": ["Austin", "Louisville", "Seattle", "Sofia"],
    "markets": ["Machine Learning", "Artificial Intelligence", "Customer Service"],
    "stage": "Early Stage",
    "highlights": [
      {
        "title": "Top 10% of responders",
        "description": "Voicera.io is in the top 10% of companies in terms of response time"
      }
    ],
    "overview": "Voicera is building the data layer for trust analytics...",
    "activelyHiring": true,
    "openJobsCount": 13,
    "jobsByDepartment": {
      "Engineering": 4,
      "Management": 1,
      "Marketing": 3
    },
    "jobsUrl": "https://wellfound.com/company/voicera-io/jobs",
    "funding": {
      "stage": "Early Stage"
    },
    "people": {
      "employeesCount": "1-10",
      "teamLocations": ["Austin", "Louisville", "Seattle", "Sofia"]
    },
    "cultureAndBenefits": {
      "summary": "Voicera is building the data layer for trust analytics..."
    }
  }
]
```

#### 📖 Output Field Documentation

**🔹 Company Identification**
| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `companyNo` | Sequential company number |
| `companyName` | Full company name |
| `companySlug` | URL-friendly company identifier |
| `companyUrl` | Wellfound company profile URL |
| `website` | Company's official website |
| `logoUrl` | Company logo image URL |
| `pitch` | Short company tagline/mission |

**🔹 Company Analytics**
| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `companySize` | Employee count range |
| `locations` | Office locations |
| `markets` | Industry verticals |
| `stage` | Company stage (Early/Growth) |
| `highlights` | Key company differentiators |

**🔹 Hiring Intelligence**
| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `activelyHiring` | Boolean hiring status |
| `openJobsCount` | Total active job postings |
| `jobsByDepartment` | Jobs count by department |
| `jobsUrl` | Direct job listings URL |

**🔹 Team & Culture**
| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `people.employeesCount` | Total employee count |
| `people.teamLocations` | Team geographic distribution |
| `cultureAndBenefits.summary` | Company culture overview |
| `overview` | Detailed company description |

**🔹 Funding**
| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `funding.stage` | Investment stage |

***

### 🎨 Key Features of This Wellfound Startup Company Scraper

#### 🔍 Advanced Search Capabilities

- **Industry Filtering** - Find startups by vertical
- **Location Targeting** - Discover companies by region
- **Technology Stack** - Filter by programming languages
- **Direct URL Support** - Scrape specific listing pages

#### 💼 Hiring Analytics

- **Department Breakdown** - Understand hiring distribution
- **Active Hiring Detection** - Real-time job availability
- **Job Count Analysis** - Growth indicators
- **Talent Demand Insights** - Market hiring trends

#### 📊 Startup Intelligence

- **Stage Classification** - Early vs Growth stage identification
- **Market Detection** - Industry vertical analysis
- **Funding Insights** - Investment stage detection
- **Company Size Analysis** - Employee count categorization

#### 👥 Team & Culture Insights

- **Geographic Distribution** - Team location mapping
- **Culture Overview** - Mission and values extraction
- **Benefits Information** - Perks and compensation insights
- **Employee Count** - Company size metrics

***

### 💡 Use Cases for Wellfound Startup Company Scraper

- **💼 Job Seekers** - Discover innovative companies hiring
- **💰 Venture Capitalists** - Identify promising startups for investment
- **📈 Startup Analysts** - Track market trends and hiring patterns
- **🎯 Talent Acquisition** - Find companies with open positions
- **🔬 Researchers** - Study startup ecosystems and growth
- **🚀 Entrepreneurs** - Analyze competitor landscapes
- **📊 Market Analysts** - Track industry-specific startups
- **🏢 Corporate Development** - Identify acquisition targets

***

### ✨ Why Choose Our Wellfound Startup Company Scraper?

- **⚡ Blazing Fast** - Concurrent scraping with intelligent proxy rotation
- **🎯 100% Accurate** - Preserves all startup data without alteration
- **🔄 Regular Updates** - Adapts to Wellfound platform changes automatically
- **📦 Complete Data** - Everything from hiring to funding information
- **🛡️ Production Ready** - Battle-tested with thousands of startups
- **💰 Cost Efficient** - Optimized to minimize compute time
- **🔒 Privacy Focused** - No personal data stored or shared

***

### ⚠️ Limitations

- Only works with publicly accessible Wellfound startup listings
- Some startup data may require login or specific access
- Extremely high concurrency may trigger rate limiting
- Search results limited to Wellfound's available inventory
- Detailed overviews may require additional processing time

***

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***

### 📧 Need Custom Features for Your Wellfound Startup Company Scraper?

Want **additional company fields**, **specific funding filters**, **custom output formats**, **advanced analytics**, or **automated tracking**?

✉️ Email **<codenest2.0@gmail.com>** for tailored enterprise solutions!

***

# Actor input Schema

## `industry` (type: `string`):

Target startup industry or market. Click to choose from popular Wellfound suggestions or type any custom industry keyword. Leave empty for all industries.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Target geographic location. Click to choose from popular Wellfound startup hubs or type any custom city/country. Leave empty for all locations.

## `tech` (type: `string`):

Target technology or programming language. Click to choose from popular Wellfound tech stacks or type any custom tech keyword. Leave empty for all tech stacks.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of startup company profiles to scrape (e.g. 50, 100, 500, 1000).

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Enable (ON) to scrape comprehensive startup profiles with Overview Page enrichment: Total Raised, People/Team, Culture & Benefits, Funding rounds, and Job listings (charged at detailed event rate: $0.005/company). Disable (OFF) to scrape core startup company data at basic event rate ($0.002/company).

## `directUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional list of direct Wellfound startup listing URLs or company profile URLs to scrape directly.

## `maxTotalChargeUsd` (type: `number`):

Optional spending limit in USD for Pay-Per-Event pricing (e.g. 5.00 for $5.00 USD).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy Configuration. By default, Residential Proxy is used automatically to prevent blocks during scraping.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "industry": "",
  "location": "",
  "tech": "",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "includeDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobs` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped Wellfound startup job listings. Each record includes: jobNo, jobId, jobTitle, companyName, location, remotePolicy, employmentType, salary ($ USD range), minSalary, maxSalary, currency, salary unit (yearly vs monthly), equity, experience, visaSponsorship, relocation, hiringStatus, responseTime, datePosted, postedRelative, skills, jobBenefits, jobUrl, applyUrl, and structured companyDetails (companyName, companyWebsite, companyLogo, companyLocations, startupStage, companySize, totalFunding, markets, companyType). When 'Include Job Description & Requirements' is enabled (ON), also includes multiline jobDescription, requirements, qualifications, responsibilities, and niceToHave.

## `outputRecord` (type: `string`):

Complete structured JSON dataset of all scraped startup job listings stored in default Key-Value Store under the 'OUTPUT' key.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("codenest/wellfound-startup-company-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("codenest/wellfound-startup-company-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call codenest/wellfound-startup-company-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,codenest/wellfound-startup-company-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/UvgCdh7fNSVy0Utc7/builds/1nXdAayn0lOCMtYLF/openapi.json