Startup Funding Tracker

Startup Funding Tracker aggregates recent venture capital funding rounds from Hacker News, TechCrunch, and optionally NewsAPI — extracting company names, deal sizes, round types, investors, sectors, and geography with smart text parsing. No proxy required. Filter by sector (AI, Fintech, Crypto, Climate, SaaS, Healthcare, Defense), round type (Seed through Growth), and minimum deal size.

Startup funding flows are one of the cleanest signals of where smart money is moving. Series A rounds in a sector today predict Series B activity — and eventually public market activity — in 12–24 months.

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Why use Startup Funding Tracker?

1. VC trend monitoring — Track which sectors are attracting capital right now. AI, climate tech, defense tech, and fintech each have distinct funding cycles. Monitor weekly flows to stay ahead of narrative shifts.
2. Competitive intelligence — Set sectors: ["AI"] and get alerted when competitors raise. Funding announcements often precede product launches and hiring surges by 3–6 months.
3. Lead generation — Recently funded startups are actively spending: on infrastructure, software, talent, and services. Filter by stage and sector to find companies in their high-growth phase.
4. Investor activity tracking — See which firms (Sequoia, a16z, Accel) are most active in a given week. Investor momentum in a sector often precedes sector-wide valuation re-rating.
5. Market signal detection — bull-market-ai, climate-momentum, crypto-revival, defense-tech market signals aggregate deal flow into regime labels — useful for portfolio positioning decisions.

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How to use

1. Open the actor on Apify Store and click Try for free.
2. Set sectors to filter by industry vertical (empty = all sectors).
3. Set minFundingUsd to filter out micro-deals (default: $1M).
4. Optionally add a free NewsAPI key for broader news coverage.
5. Click Start. Returns structured funding round records with investor tier and deal significance.

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Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
newsApiKey	string	""	Optional NewsAPI.org key (free: 100 req/day; raises coverage significantly)
sectors	string[]	[]	Filter by: AI, Fintech, Healthcare, Climate, Crypto, SaaS, Defense (empty = all)
roundTypes	string[]	[]	Filter by: Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth (empty = all)
minFundingUsd	integer	1000000	Minimum deal size in USD
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum records returned (1–200)
daysBack	integer	7	Days back to search (1–30)

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Output

{
  "company": "Acme AI",
  "amount_usd": 50000000,
  "amount_display": "$50M",
  "round_type": "Series B",
  "sector": "AI",
  "investors": ["Sequoia Capital", "Andreessen Horowitz"],
  "country": "US",
  "city": "San Francisco",
  "date": "2026-09-01",
  "source": "TechCrunch",
  "source_url": "https://techcrunch.com/...",
  "valuation_usd": null,
  "investor_tier": "top-tier",
  "deal_significance": "significant",
  "market_signal": "bull-market-ai",
  "fetched_at": "2026-09-02T10:00:00Z"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
amount_usd	integer	Deal size in USD
round_type	string	Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A-D, Growth, Bridge
sector	string	AI, Fintech, Healthcare, Climate, Crypto, SaaS, Defense
investor_tier	string	top-tier (Sequoia/a16z/Accel/etc), established, unknown
deal_significance	string	landmark (>$100M), significant ($20-100M), notable ($5-20M), standard (<$5M)
market_signal	string	Macro regime label based on sector and deal activity

A SUMMARY record with aggregated stats (total rounds, total funding, sector/round breakdowns) is saved to Key-Value Store.

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Cost estimation

Pay-Per-Event: $0.001 per actor start + $0.003 per funding round returned.

Use case	Records	Estimated cost
Weekly AI deals (50)	50	~$0.16/run
Daily funding monitor (20)	20	~$0.06/day
30-day sector sweep (200)	200	~$0.60/run
Competitor funding alert (10)	10	~$0.03/run

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FAQ

How accurate is the funding amount extraction? The actor parses formats like "$50M", "50 million", "$50,000,000" from article text. Accuracy is high for well-formatted press releases (80–90%). Some articles mention funding without a clear number — these are returned with amount_usd: null.

Are all investor names recognized? Top-tier funds (Sequoia, a16z, Accel, Bessemer, GV, Tiger, SoftBank, etc.) are recognized. Unknown investors are labeled "unknown". The list of recognized firms is broad but not exhaustive.

Does it include international deals? Yes — the actor detects country and city from article text. Geography coverage depends on article quality; not all articles mention location. European, Asian, and US deals are included when mentioned by source publications.

Does it cover stealth rounds or unannounced deals? Only publicly announced deals that appear in Hacker News, TechCrunch, or NewsAPI sources. Private or stealth rounds are not included.

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Related actors

• Wikidata SPARQL Query — Background data on funded companies (founding year, headquarters, employees)
• GitHub Repository Stats Tracker — Check if funded startups have public OSS repos and gauge developer traction
• Startup Funding Tracker — You're here — for VC deal flow monitoring

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Keywords: startup funding, venture capital, VC deals, funding rounds, Series A, TechCrunch, Hacker News, startup ecosystem, investment tracker, valuation, investor activity, deal flow