# Y Combinator Company Scraper - Low-cost💲🔥🧠💼 (`delectable_incubator/y-combinator-company-scraper-low-cost`) Actor

🚀 Scrape Y Combinator startup and company data with targeted filters. Extract company names, industries, locations, hiring status, founders, descriptions, websites, batch info & more. Ideal for startup research, lead generation, VC sourcing, market intelligence and AI datasets.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/delectable\_incubator/y-combinator-company-scraper-low-cost.md
- **Developed by:** [Prime Scrape](https://apify.com/delectable_incubator) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.00005 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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````bash
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# Windows
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```bash

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# README

## 🚀 Y Combinator Company Scraper – Extract Startup Data from Y Combinator (Bulk URLs Supported) 🧠💼

Easily collect startup information from the **Y Combinator Startup Directory**, one of the world's largest databases of funded startups.

Extract structured company data including company names, founders, industries, team size, locations, YC batch, hiring status, websites, funding stage, descriptions, tags, and more — ideal for **startup research, VC sourcing, lead generation, competitive intelligence, market analysis, and sales prospecting.**

This Apify Actor supports **bulk Y Combinator search URLs**, allowing you to scrape multiple YC directory searches in a single run.

---

### 🔍 What This Scraper Does

Simply provide one or multiple Y Combinator directory URLs — the Actor handles the rest.

✅ Supports **bulk search URLs**

✅ Scrapes multiple YC company searches in one run

✅ Automatically handles pagination

✅ Extracts complete startup profiles

✅ Supports filtered searches (Hiring, Industry, Region, Batch, etc.)

✅ Limits results with a configurable maximum number of companies

✅ Outputs clean datasets ready for CRM, BI, and analytics

---

### 📦 Field Descriptions

| Field | Description |
|-----------------|--------------------------------|
| 🆔 `id` | Company ID |
| 🏢 `name` | Company name |
| 📛 `slug` | URL slug |
| 💬 `oneLiner` | Short company description |
| 📝 `description` | Full company description |
| 🌐 `website` | Official website |
| 🏷️ `tags` | Company tags |
| 👥 `teamSize` | Team size |
| 🏭 `industry` | Main industry |
| 📂 `subIndustry` | Sub-industry |
| 🏷️ `industries` | Industry categories |
| 📍 `location` | Company location |
| 🌎 `regions` | Geographic regions |
| 🖼️ `logoUrl` | Company logo |
| 📅 `launchedAt` | Launch year |
| 🚀 `batch` | YC batch |
| 🟢 `status` | Company status |
| 📈 `stage` | Company stage |
| 💼 `isHiring` | Hiring status |
| ⭐ `topCompany` | YC Top Company |
| ❤️ `nonprofit` | Nonprofit status |
| 🔄 `formerNames` | Previous company names |

---

### 🛠 How to Use

Getting started is simple:

1️⃣ Deploy the Actor on Apify

2️⃣ Paste one or multiple Y Combinator search URLs

3️⃣ Set the maximum number of companies

4️⃣ Run the Actor

5️⃣ Export your dataset

Supported export formats:

✅ JSON

✅ CSV

✅ Excel

✅ XML

✅ HTML

---

### 💡 Why Use This Scraper?

🧲 Startup Lead Generation

💰 Venture Capital & Investor Research

📊 Startup Market Intelligence

🚀 Discover Fast-Growing Companies

💼 Find Hiring Startups

🧠 Competitive Analysis

🗂️ CRM & Database Enrichment

---

### 💸 Pricing

This scraper runs on a **pay-per-result pricing model**.

You only pay for successfully extracted records.

💳 **Price:** **$0.99 / 1,000 results**

---

## ✏️ Input Schema Example

Supports **bulk Y Combinator URLs**.

````

{
"urls": \[
"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?isHiring=true",
"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?industry=Artificial%20Intelligence",
"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?batch=W24",
"https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?regions=Europe"
],
"max\_items": 500
}

```

---

### 📤 Output Example

```

{
"id": "abc123",
"name": "OpenAI",
"slug": "openai",
"oneLiner": "Making AI safe and useful",
"description": "OpenAI develops and deploys advanced artificial intelligence technologies.",
"website": "https://openai.com",
"tags": \[
"AI",
"Machine Learning"
],
"teamSize": "500+",
"industry": "Artificial Intelligence",
"subIndustry": "General AI",
"industries": \[
"AI",
"Research"
],
"location": \[
"San Francisco, CA"
],
"regions": \[
"North America"
],
"logoUrl": "https://logo.clearbit.com/openai.com",
"launchedAt": "2015",
"batch": "W15",
"status": "Active",
"stage": "Growth",
"isHiring": true,
"topCompany": true,
"nonprofit": false,
"formerNames": \[]
}

````

---

### 📊 Built-in Views

🔹 Overview

Quick summary of all startups.

🔹 Company Profiles

Complete startup information.

🔹 Hiring Companies

Companies actively recruiting.

🔹 Industries

Browse startups by industry.

🔹 YC Batches

Analyze companies by batch.

🔹 Locations

Explore startups by country and region.

🔹 CRM Export

Minimal view for Salesforce, HubSpot, Airtable, Notion and Excel.

---

### 🌍 Supported Search URLs

Supports any Y Combinator company directory URL, including:

- Hiring companies
- AI startups
- Fintech startups
- Healthcare startups
- Climate startups
- SaaS startups
- Developer Tools
- Security
- Europe
- North America
- Asia
- Batch pages (W24, S24, W23, etc.)
- Any combination of YC search filters

---

### 📫 Support

😊 Leave us a **5-star rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐** if you're satisfied with the scraper.

🌪️ **Storm Scraper**

https://apify.com/scrapestorm

For feature requests, enterprise scraping, or custom scraping solutions, contact us through Apify or by email.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

List of YCombinator Companies search URLs to scrape. Each URL is scraped separately, up to maxItemsPerUrl companies per URL.
## `maxItemsPerUrl` (type: `integer`):

The maximum number of companies to fetch per URL

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?isHiring=true"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerUrl": 100
}
````

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?isHiring=true"
    ],
    "maxItemsPerUrl": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("delectable_incubator/y-combinator-company-scraper-low-cost").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?isHiring=true"],
    "maxItemsPerUrl": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("delectable_incubator/y-combinator-company-scraper-low-cost").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?isHiring=true"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerUrl": 100
}' |
apify call delectable_incubator/y-combinator-company-scraper-low-cost --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=delectable_incubator/y-combinator-company-scraper-low-cost",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "Jnwzst5SkA2b8kKQW"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
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                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
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                "tags": [
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                        "schema": {
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
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                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
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                            "application/json": {
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                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
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            }
        },
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~y-combinator-company-scraper-low-cost/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-delectable_incubator-y-combinator-company-scraper-low-cost",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
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                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
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            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "urls"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "urls": {
                        "title": "YCombinator Companies search URLs 🔗",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of YCombinator Companies search URLs to scrape. Each URL is scraped separately, up to maxItemsPerUrl companies per URL.",
                        "default": [
                            "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies?isHiring=true"
                        ],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxItemsPerUrl": {
                        "title": "Max Companies per URL",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "The maximum number of companies to fetch per URL",
                        "default": 100
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
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                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
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                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
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                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
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                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
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                            },
                            "buildId": {
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                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
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                                "type": "string"
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                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
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                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
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                                "properties": {
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}
```