# Fundraising & Startup Deals Tracker: TechCrunch, Crunchbase (`complex_intricate_networks/fundraising-and-startup-deals-tracker`) Actor

Extract real-time startup funding rounds, venture capital announcements, and M\&A data from Crunchbase News into clean CSV/JSON datasets. Built for VCs and B2B sales.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/complex_intricate_networks/fundraising-and-startup-deals-tracker.md
- **Developed by:** [CIN](https://apify.com/complex_intricate_networks) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, News
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 334 total users, 13 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 5 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## 🚀 Startup Fundraising Ideas & Tracker

Never miss a funding round, capital injection, or market trend again. This Actor is a specialized web scraper built for **B2B sales teams, venture capitalists, market researchers, and entrepreneurs** looking for fresh fundraising ideas, high-intent lead lists, and real-time startup investments.

It monitors the "Big Three" news sources (**TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, and FinSMEs**) and extracts clean, structured data directly into a ready-to-use dataset.

***

### 🌟 Why Use This Fundraising Tracker?

Manual lead generation from news sites is slow, tedious, and filled with noise. This tool automates the process and cleans the data instantly:

- **High-Intent B2B Lead Generation:** Identify companies with fresh "cash injections", the exact moment they have open budgets to buy software, services, or partnerships.
- **Aggregating the "Big Three":** Monitors TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, and FinSMEs simultaneously.
- **Smart Data Extraction:** Automatically separates real company names from complex journalism headlines.
- **Funding Details:** Isolates exact dollar amounts ($M/B) and investment rounds (Seed, Series A, Series B, Venture, IPO).
- **Noise Filtering:** Automatically skips articles about events, ticket sales, or awards so you only get real funding data.

***

### ⚙️ Key Features

- **Flexible Time Range Filter:** Choose to scrape leads from Today, the Last 7 days, or up to 30 days of historical data.
- **Cost-Optimized Engine:** Built on high-performance Cheerio crawler logic combined with Residential Proxies to run reliably and cost-effectively.
- **Export & Automation Ready:** Seamlessly exports to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets via Apify Webhooks, APIs, and Make.com/Zapier.
- **AI Agent & MCP Ready:** Fully compatible with LLMs, Claude, LangChain, and Apify's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for autonomous workflows.

***

### 📥 Input Configuration

Configure the scraper using a simple JSON payload:

```json
{
  "dateFilter": "7",
  "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 50
}
```

#### Input Parameters

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| `dateFilter` | String / Integer | Number of days back to scrape articles (e.g., `1`, `7`, `30`). | `"7"` |
| `maxRequestsPerCrawl` | Integer | Limit crawl depth and control compute costs. | `50` |

***

### 📤 Output Structure (What You Get)

The Actor outputs clean, tabular JSON and CSV records directly to your default Apify dataset.

#### Sample Table View

| Company | Funding | Round | Source | Scraped At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wonder | $650 million | Venture | techcrunch.com | 2026-11-10 |
| Harbinger | $240M | Venture | techcrunch.com | 2026-11-10 |
| Axiom Math | $1.6 billion | Venture | techcrunch.com | 2026-11-10 |

#### Sample JSON Record

```json
{
  "company": "Harbinger",
  "funding": "$240M",
  "round": "Venture",
  "source": "techcrunch.com",
  "title": "Harbinger raises $240M after expanding into defense",
  "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/05/harbinger-raises-240m-after-expanding-into-defense/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-10T07:40:01.394Z"
}
```

***

### 💡 Pro-Tips for Users

- **Daily Automation:** Set up a daily Schedule in the Apify Console so your sales team walks in every morning to a fresh list of funded companies ready for outreach.
- **Sales Outreach:** Target newly funded startups immediately. They are actively scaling their teams and infrastructure.

***

### 🛠️ Support & Issues

If you encounter any bugs, missing fields, or need a custom feature added to this scraper, please reach out via the **Apify Issues tab** or contact the developer directly through your profile.

# Actor input Schema

## `dateFilter` (type: `string`):

Scrape articles published within this time frame.

## `maxRequestsPerCrawl` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pages the crawler will process. Controls your run cost.

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

Select the proxies to be used. Residential proxies are recommended to prevent blocking on TechCrunch and Crunchbase.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "dateFilter": "7",
  "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("complex_intricate_networks/fundraising-and-startup-deals-tracker").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 = {
    "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 100,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("complex_intricate_networks/fundraising-and-startup-deals-tracker").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 '{
  "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call complex_intricate_networks/fundraising-and-startup-deals-tracker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,complex_intricate_networks/fundraising-and-startup-deals-tracker"
        }
    }
}
```

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/PvQV2P2hJET6vamKG/builds/94GbzZmH73qIDX5HP/openapi.json