🚀 Indian Startup & VC Intelligence: Capital Watch

Stop digging through horoscopes and celebrity gossip to find market-moving news. This Actor is a high-precision intelligence engine designed specifically for the Indian business ecosystem. It transforms unstructured news from the Economic Times into a structured, actionable database of financial movements, funding rounds, and regulatory changes.

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🎯 The Problem This Solves

Modern business news is saturated with noise. Finding a specific Series A lead investor or a new RBI policy update usually requires hours of manual reading. This tool acts as an automated "Investment Analyst," filtering out 99% of the fluff to deliver the 1% of data that actually matters to VCs, founders, and sales teams.

💎 Key Intelligence Features

• 🦄 Startup & VC Tracker: Automatically detects funding stages (Seed, Series A-G) and extracts the Lead Investor.
• 💰 Capital Flow Extraction: Captures complex Indian denominations (Lakhs, Crores) and organizes them into clean, structured columns.
• ⚖️ Policy Monitor: Real-time tracking of regulatory shifts from RBI, SEBI, CBDT, and Union Ministries.
• 🤝 M&A Activity: Maps acquisitions and mergers to highlight market consolidation trends.
• 👔 Executive Movements: Tracks high-level hiring, resignations, and layoffs at Indian unicorns.

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📊 Data Points Extracted

Field	Data Type	Description
category	String	MARKETS, STARTUPS, or POLICY.
main_amount	String	The financial value (e.g., ₹1.5 Lakh Crore).
round_type	String	Detected stage (e.g., Series B, Pre-IPO).
lead_investor	String	The primary Firm leading the deal.
entity_1	String	Key organization or government body involved.
publishedAt	Date	Clean, sortable date of publication.

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💡 Use Cases

• VCs & Angel Investors: Monitor competitor portfolio movements and discover "breakout" startups early.
• B2B Sales & BD: Identify recently funded companies with fresh budgets for new services.
• Founders: Track valuation benchmarks and exit trends in your specific sector.
• Analysts: Automatically build a daily feed of Indian regulatory changes without manual browsing.

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🛠 How to Run

1. Select Range: Choose your duration (Last 24 Hours, 7 Days, or 30 Days).
2. Set Limit: Define the maximum number of pages to crawl to stay within your compute budget.
3. Download & Export: Get your intelligence feed in CSV, JSON, or Excel format.

🔒 Reliability

Built on the Crawlee framework with Residential Proxy support, ensuring high uptime and the ability to bypass anti-scraping measures effectively.

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Why use this over a general news scraper?

Most scrapers just give you raw text. This Actor gives you Intelligence. It understands the difference between a "Bollywood Movie" and a "Board Meeting," ensuring your database stays clean, professional, and ready for your CRM.