🚀 TechCrunch News Scraper

Turn tech news into business intelligence.
Automatically monitor TechCrunch for competitor mentions, funding announcements, and industry trends.

💰 Why This Actor Makes Money

TechCrunch is the #1 startup media outlet. Companies pay for:

• ❌ Competitor tracking (How to customize for your needs...) (") ( '

🎯 Who Pays

📦 What You Get

For each article:

• Title & Content (first 500 chars)
• Author & Date
• Tags (topics/categories)
• URL (for sharing)

Plus:

• Keyword filtering (only extract relevant articles)
• Automated link discovery (starts from homepage, finds articles)
• Clean JSON/CSV output

🛠 Input Example

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://techcrunch.com",
    "https://techcrunch.com/category/venture/"
  ],
  "maxArticles": 50,
  "keywords": ["SaaS", "funding", "AI"]
}

📊 Output Example

{
  "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/04/example-article/",
  "title": "How This SaaS Startup Hit $10M ARR",
  "author": "Jane Doe",
  "date": "2024-07-04T14:30:00Z",
  "content": "In an exclusive interview...",
  "tags": ["SaaS", "Funding", "Growth"],
  "scrapedAt": "2024-07-04T15:00:00Z"
}

⚡ Quick Start

1. Add to Apify (free tier works!)
2. Set keywords (e.g., your competitor's name)
3. Run & download JSON/CSV
4. Schedule weekly runs (paid plan)

🔥 How to Monetize

1. Competitor Alert Service ($200-500/mo)

• Run daily with competitor name as keyword
• Email summary of mentions
• Add sentiment analysis (positive/negative)

2. Industry Trend Reports ($500-2000/report)

• Extract 500+ articles on a topic
• Analyze trends (word frequency, sentiment)
• Deliver PDF with charts

3. Funding Alert Service ($300-1000/mo)

• Keyword: "funding" or "raises"
• Daily email with new funding news
• Sales teams use this for warm outreach

4. Custom News Dashboard ($1000+ one-time)

• Build a dashboard showing your industry's news
• Auto-updates via Apify scheduler
• Charge setup + monthly maintenance

🛡️ Tested & Working

✅ Tested on: TechCrunch.com
✅ Blocking: None (clean scrape)
✅ Data quality: 95%+ complete fields
✅ Speed: ~2 mins for 50 articles

⚠️ Legal

• ✅ Public data (TechCrunch articles are public)
• ✅ Respect rate limits (built-in delays)
• ❌ Don't republish full articles (use excerpts + link)

🤝 Support

• Bug? Open issue on GitHub
• Custom feature? I build tailored scrapers
• Enterprise need? High-scale, API integration

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