PitchBook Investors Scraper

Extract public investor profile data from PitchBook — no subscription required. Scrape venture capital firms, private equity funds, angel investors, and more from PitchBook's database of 200,000+ publicly accessible investor profiles.

What It Does

This actor fetches investor profiles from PitchBook's public profile pages and extracts structured metadata including firm name, location, investor type, investment metrics, social links, and more. No login or PitchBook subscription needed.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
profileUrls	string[]	No	Direct PitchBook investor profile URLs or bare IDs
searchQuery	string	No	Text search (e.g. "venture capital Berlin")
maxItems	integer	No	Max records to return (default: 10)
proxyConfiguration	object	Yes	Apify proxy (residential recommended — required to bypass Cloudflare)

Input mode selection:

• If profileUrls are provided → scrape those specific profiles
• If only searchQuery is provided → paginate search results
• If neither is provided → bulk mode: stream from PitchBook's public sitemaps (229,000+ investors)

Example Input

{
  "searchQuery": "andreessen horowitz",
  "maxItems": 5
}

Direct URL Example

{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/11295-73",
    "11295-73"
  ]
}

Output

One record per investor profile. Empty fields are omitted.

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Investor/firm name
profileUrl	string	PitchBook profile URL
description	string	Firm description
website	string	Company website
city	string	HQ city
state	string	HQ state/region
country	string	HQ country
streetAddress	string	Street address
postalCode	string	Postal code
yearFounded	integer	Year the firm was founded
investorStatus	string	e.g. Actively Seeking New Investments
primaryInvestorType	string	e.g. Venture Capital
otherInvestorTypes	string[]	Additional investor type classifications
tradeAssociation	string	Industry trade association
professionalCount	integer	Number of investment professionals
totalInvestments	integer	Total number of investments made
activePortfolio	integer	Number of active portfolio companies
totalExits	integer	Number of exits
logoUrl	string	Firm logo image URL
socialLinks	object	{ twitter, linkedin, facebook }
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp

Example Output

{
  "name": "Sequoia Capital",
  "profileUrl": "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/11295-73",
  "description": "Founded in 1972, Sequoia Capital is a venture capital investment firm based in Menlo Park, California.",
  "website": "https://sequoiacap.com",
  "city": "Menlo Park",
  "state": "California",
  "country": "United States",
  "streetAddress": "2800 Sand Hill Road",
  "postalCode": "94025",
  "yearFounded": 1972,
  "investorStatus": "Actively Seeking New Investments",
  "primaryInvestorType": "Venture Capital",
  "otherInvestorTypes": ["Growth/Expansion"],
  "tradeAssociation": "Indian Venture Capital Association (INVCA)",
  "professionalCount": 45,
  "totalInvestments": 2998,
  "activePortfolio": 896,
  "totalExits": 990,
  "logoUrl": "https://image.pitchbook.com/3m9ATgSWiMb...",
  "socialLinks": {
    "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/SequoiaCap",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/sequoia",
    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/sequoia"
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-16T12:00:00+00:00"
}

Error Record

When a profile cannot be scraped:

{
  "inputUrl": "https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/00000-00",
  "error": "Profile not found",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-16T12:00:00+00:00"
}

FAQ

Does this require a PitchBook subscription? No. All data is extracted from PitchBook's publicly accessible investor profile pages.

What data is NOT available? AUM (assets under management), contact details (email, phone, contact name), and preferred investment criteria are behind PitchBook's paywall and are not included.

How many investors can I scrape? PitchBook's public sitemap contains ~229,000 investor profile URLs. Set maxItems up to 100,000 for large runs.

What is bulk mode? When you provide no profileUrls and no searchQuery, the actor streams investor URLs directly from PitchBook's public gzipped sitemap files.

Do I need a proxy? Yes. PitchBook uses Cloudflare protection that blocks repeated requests from the same IP. The actor defaults to Apify residential proxy, which rotates IPs automatically to bypass this. Without proxy, only 1–2 profiles can be scraped before requests are blocked.

How long does it take? Each profile takes 1–3 seconds to fetch. A run of 100 profiles takes approximately 2–5 minutes.