Y Combinator Companies Directory Scraper

Pulls Y Combinator portfolio companies filtered by batch, industry, region, or status. Returns structured data per company:

• Name, slug, one-line description, long description
• Batch (e.g. W26, S25), founded year
• Status (Active, Acquired, Inactive, Public)
• Team size, location, regions, industries, tags
• Website, YC profile URL
• Founders with names and roles where available

Why use this

Every B2B sales team targeting funded startups builds a YC list eventually. This actor builds it on demand, filtered to the slice you care about (e.g. W26 + B2B + United States). Pairs with the AI Sales Personalizer for personalised outreach.

Input

{
  "batches": ["W26", "S25"],
  "industries": ["B2B", "Fintech"],
  "regions": ["United States of America"],
  "statuses": ["Active"],
  "max_companies": 200,
  "preview": false
}

All filters are optional and combine with AND logic (a company must match every filter you set). Leave a filter empty to disable it.

Pricing

• Pay per company. US$0.02 per company returned.
• Preview mode returns the first 10 companies free.
• Filtering happens server-side, so you only pay for companies that match.

Output

One dataset record per company:

{
  "name": "Acme",
  "slug": "acme",
  "yc_url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/acme",
  "batch": "W26",
  "status": "Active",
  "team_size": 12,
  "founded": 2026,
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "regions": ["United States of America"],
  "industries": ["B2B", "Productivity"],
  "tags": ["AI", "API"],
  "description_short": "AI-native procurement for SMBs.",
  "description_long": "Acme automates...",
  "website": "https://acme.com",
  "founders": [
    {"name": "Jane Smith", "role": "CEO"},
    {"name": "John Doe", "role": "CTO"}
  ],
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-30T22:25:00Z"
}

Pairs well with

• AI Sales Personalizer: feed YC company URLs in to generate personalised outreach.
• Funding Round Tracker: cross-reference YC batches with recent fundings.
• Hiring Signal Detector: filter YC companies that are also actively hiring.
• Greenhouse Jobs Scraper: pull all roles at the YC companies you care about.

Integrations

This actor works out of the box with every Apify-supported integration:

• API: call via Apify API or any official SDK (Python, JavaScript, PHP, .NET). Returns a clean dataset URL.
• Schedule: set a daily, weekly, or custom cron cadence in Apify Console. Combine with notification for fresh feeds.
• Webhooks: wire ACTOR.RUN.SUCCEEDED to Slack, Discord, Zapier, Make, n8n, Pipedream, or any HTTPS endpoint.
• MCP: this actor is discoverable through Apify's hosted MCP server at mcp.apify.com for Claude, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, and other MCP clients.
• n8n / Make / Zapier: native HTTP-Request integration. Trigger the actor on schedule, pipe results to Google Sheets, Airtable, your CRM, or any database.

Try it free

Every Apify user gets $5/month in free platform credits (around 250 events at this actor's per-event price). Run preview mode first to confirm output shape before scaling.

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What's New

• 2026-06-03: Metadata, categories, and SEO refreshed. Latest version live on Apify Store.

Last Updated

2026-06-03