Fundraising & Startup Funding Scraper 🚀

Never miss a funding round again. This Actor is a specialized web scraper designed for B2B sales teams, investors, and market researchers who need real-time data on startup investments.

It monitors the "Big Three" sources of funding news and extracts clean, structured data into a spreadsheet.

👤 Who this is for

• B2B Sales / SDRs: Get alerted the moment a company raises money — the peak window for buying new software.
• VC & Private Equity: Track market trends and competitor deals daily.
• Market Researchers & Agencies: Aggregate funding data across industries to spot emerging sectors.

🆚 Not another Crunchbase lookup tool

Most funding scrapers require you to already know which company you're looking for. This Actor does the opposite — it discovers new funding events daily as they're published, so you find leads you didn't know to search for.

🌟 Why use this Fundraising Scraper?

Manual lead generation from news sites is slow and prone to error. This tool automates the process by:

• Aggregating multiple sources: Monitors TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, and FinSMEs simultaneously.
• Advanced Data Cleaning: Built-in filters remove "noise" like event tickets (Disrupt) and ad articles.
• Smart Extraction: Improved logic isolates clean company names from complex headlines.
• Funding Details: Specifically extracts dollar amounts ($M/B) and investment rounds (Seed, Series A, etc.).

🛠️ Features

• ✅ NEW: Time Range Filter: Only scrape leads from Today, the Last 7 days, or up to 30 days.
• ✅ Lead Quality Filter: Automatically skips articles about events, tickets, or deadlines.
• ✅ Multi-Site Support: Built-in logic for TechCrunch, Crunchbase, and FinSMEs.
• ✅ Fast & Efficient: Uses optimized Cheerio logic to run 10x cheaper than browser-based scrapers.

📥 Input Parameters

The Actor is "Plug & Play." You can run it with the default settings or select a specific time range.

Parameter	Type	Description
Time Range	Select	Only fetch articles from Today, 3, 7, 10, 20, or 30 days ago.
Max Pages	Integer	Limit the crawl depth to control your budget.

📤 Output Example

The Actor provides structured, CRM-ready data:

Company	Funding	Round	Source	Scraped At
Axelera AI	$250M	Series B	finsmes.com	2026-03-16
InScope	$14.5M	Venture	techcrunch.com	2026-03-16
Xflow	$16.6M	Venture	techcrunch.com	2026-03-15

{
  "company": "Runway",
  "funding": "$315M",
  "round": "Series C",
  "source": "techcrunch.com",
  "title": "AI video startup Runway raises $315M",
  "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/ai-video-startup-runway-raises-315m/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-16T08:00:00Z"
}