Techstars Portfolio Scraper

Instantly turn the entire Techstars portfolio (or any filtered slice of it) into clean, structured data for your prospecting, research, or investment scouting pipelines.

📩 This actor is built upon the ValidatedMails.com architecture for email enrichment workflows.

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Why you’ll love it

Benefit	What it means for you
All the data in minutes	Fetch thousands of startups without scrolling manually.
Built-in filters	Point the actor at any Techstars industry, program, or keyword view.
Rich company profiles	Name, location, accelerator batch, program, year, tags, website, logo & social links.
No blockers	Handles cookie pop-ups and lazy loading automatically.
Usage-based pricing	$4 per 1 000 companies—pay only for what you scrape.
One-click export	Download as JSON, CSV or feed it straight into Airtable, CRMs, BI tools, etc.

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Quick start

1. Run the actor in Apify Console.
2. Accept the default URL (https://www.techstars.com/portfolio) or paste any filtered link, e.g. "https://www.techstars.com/portfolio?industry_vertical=Fintech"
3. (Optional) Set Max Companies if you only need a sample.
4. Hit Start. When the run finishes, open the dataset and export.

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Required	Notes
startUrls	String	https://www.techstars.com/portfolio?is_1b=true&yearMin=2010&yearMax=2020	✅	Any Techstars portfolio or filtered directory page. You can target specific cohorts, industries, years, etc.
maxCompanies	Integer	99999	❌	Maximum number of companies to scrape. Useful for controlling runtime and cost. Minimum: 10.
enrichWithEmail	Boolean	false	❌	Automatically find and attach company email addresses at no extra charge. Uses ValidatedMails.com infra.
includeRiskyEmails	Boolean	true	❌	Include lower-confidence (“risky”) emails to maximize coverage. Emails are tagged as verified or risky in the output.
proxyConfiguration	Object	{ useApifyProxy: true }	❌	Network and proxy settings. Default configuration is optimized for reliability and performance.

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Output example (JSON)

{
    "logoUrl": "http://apimg.techstars.com/sf/accounts/logo/Logo_bb62f1035290ee6b0fa48b098.png",
    "companyName": "Zipline",
    "location": "San Francisco, California, United States",
    "portfolioYear": 2011,
    "programName": "Techstars Seattle Accelerator",
    "industryTags": [
      "Mobility tech",
      "Robotics and Drones",
      "Supply chain technology"
    ],
    "websiteUrl": "https://flyzipline.com",
    "genericEmail": "contact@flyzipline.com",
    "genericEmailStatus": "verified",
    "linkedInUrl": "https://linkedin.com/company/flyzipline",
    "twitterUrl": "https://twitter.com/zipline",
    "crunchbaseUrl": "https://crunchbase.com/organization/zipline-international",
    "description": "Zipline operates the world's largest autonomous on-demand delivery system with the industry's leading instant logistics technology stack."
  },

Ideal use-cases • Lead generation – build targeted outreach lists of Techstars-backed startups. • Market landscaping – map trends by industry, cohort or geography. • Investment scouting – fast due-diligence on accelerator alumni. • Competitive intel – monitor new entrants and adjacent spaces.

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Tips & tricks • Combine this dataset with Crunchbase or LinkedIn enrichments for deeper insights. • Schedule the actor weekly to capture new cohorts as soon as they’re listed. • Stack it with Apify’s Email Finder actor to automate cold-outreach campaigns.

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Support

Questions, ideas, or hit a snag? Open an issue or ping me in Apify Discord – I respond fast.

Happy scraping! 🚀 Fatih