🚀 Y Combinator Founders Scraper

Want to track the founders behind YC startups? This scraper makes it easy!

Apply filters on the YC Founders directory (industry, batch, region, gender, etc.), paste the URL, and collect up to 200 founder profiles — bios, social links, and company details — into CSV or JSON.

💡 Perfect for...

• Investors & VCs: Build lists of founders in specific industries or batches
• B2B sales & recruiting: Find LinkedIn and X handles for outreach
• Market researchers: Analyze team size, location, and industry tags across YC
• RAG & AI tools: Index founder bios and company descriptions for Q&A

✨ Why you'll love this scraper

• 🎯 Your filters, your URL: Filter on the YC site, paste the Input URL — no rigid dropdowns to maintain
• 👤 Founder + company: Personal bio and socials, plus company tagline, size, status, and links
• 🔗 Social links: Founder LinkedIn / X, plus company website, LinkedIn, X, GitHub, Crunchbase when available
• 📦 Export-ready: Clean structured rows for CRM or spreadsheets

📦 What's inside the data?

For every founder you get:

• Founder: id, founder_name, current_title, description, avatar_thumb, linkedin_url, x_url
• YC metadata: yc_titles, batches, yc_industries, yc_parent_industries, yc_subindustries, current_region, top_company
• Company: current_company, company_tagline, company_description, company_founded, company_size, company_status, company_location
• Company links: ycombinator_company_url, company_website, company_linkedin_url, company_x_url, company_facebook_url, company_github_url, company_crunchbase_url

🚀 Quick start

1. Go to ycombinator.com/founders and apply any filters you want
2. Copy the URL from your browser
3. Paste it into Input URL
4. Set Number of founders (up to 200)
5. Click Start and export CSV / Excel / JSON

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Input & output examples

Input:

{
  "input_url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/founders?yc_parent_industries=Education",
  "num_founders": 100
}

Output (truncated):

{
  "id": "967",
  "founder_name": "Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock",
  "current_title": "Founder",
  "description": "Cofounder & CEO of the Recurse Center.",
  "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasbs",
  "current_company": "Recurse Center",
  "batches": ["S10"],
  "yc_parent_industries": ["Education"],
  "company_website": "https://www.recurse.com"
}

Input reference

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
input_url	string	No	Founders directory URL with your filters applied. Default opens Fintech.
num_founders	integer	No	How many founders to collect (10–200, default 100).