Techcrunch Article Scraper

Scrape TechCrunch articles and startup news. Extract structured data including titles, authors, dates, full article text, categories, tags, startup mentions, and funding amounts for tech industry intelligence.

Overview

This actor searches TechCrunch for articles matching your search terms and extracts comprehensive article data. It automatically identifies funding amounts and startup names mentioned in articles, making it particularly useful for venture capital research and startup ecosystem tracking.

Features

• Search TechCrunch articles by keyword or topic
• Extract full article text with structured paragraphs
• Automatically detect funding amounts (Series A, B, etc.) from article content
• Identify startups mentioned in headlines
• Capture author information and publication timestamps
• Parse article categories, tags, and keywords
• Configurable maximum results per search term
• Works with empty input using sensible defaults

Input Configuration

Field	Type	Description	Default
searchTerms	Array	Keywords to search TechCrunch articles	["AI startup", "series A"]
maxArticles	Integer	Maximum articles to extract	100

Example search terms: AI startup, series A, funding, acquisition, IPO, fintech, SaaS, cybersecurity.

Output Data

Each scraped article includes the following fields:

• title - Article headline
• author - Author name
• publishedDate - ISO 8601 publication date
• articleText - Full article text (up to 10,000 characters)
• category - Article category
• tags - Array of article tags
• startupMentioned - Startup name extracted from headline
• fundingAmount - Funding amount if mentioned in article
• searchTerm - The search term that found this article
• url - Original article URL
• scrapedAt - Timestamp of data extraction

Use Cases

This scraper is ideal for startup ecosystem tracking, venture capital research, competitive intelligence, market trend analysis, and tech journalism monitoring. Investors, founders, and analysts can use this tool to track funding rounds, startup launches, and industry developments.

API Integration

You can call this actor via the Apify API to integrate TechCrunch data into your deal flow tracking, market research, or competitive intelligence pipelines. Results are available in JSON, CSV, XML, and other formats.

Cost Estimation

With pay-per-event pricing at $0.75 per 1,000 results, scraping 100 TechCrunch articles costs approximately $0.075. The actor uses minimal compute resources with 256MB minimum memory allocation.