Startup Investors Database - 10,469 VC, Angel, PE & Accelerator Firms

Search a curated database of 10,469 venture capital, angel, private equity, and accelerator firms with verified investor contacts. The most comprehensive startup investor database for fundraising, lead generation, and VC market research. Filter by firm type, focus area (AI, biotech, fintech, etc.), investment stage, and country. Pay per firm or contact returned - no flat fee. Export JSON, CSV, or Excel; integrate via API or Apify MCP.

Apify Store: https://apify.com/johnvc/startup-investors-data-scraper

What this returns

For each investor firm:

• Identity - firm name, type (VC, Angel, PE, Accelerator, Family Office, etc.), description, AUM
• Location - full address, city, state, country, ZIP, phone
• Web presence - website, LinkedIn, Crunchbase, Twitter (X), Facebook
• Investment profile - stages (Seed → Late Stage), focus areas, industries
• Provenance - created_at, updated_at, last_checked timestamps
• Investor contacts (optional) - partners, principals, and associates with name, job title, email, LinkedIn, location, headline, areas of interest, portfolio companies, and minimum/maximum/target check size

Use cases

• Startup fundraising - Find VC, angel, and PE firms aligned with your industry and stage. Build a targeted investor outreach list with verified partner contacts.
• B2B sales to VCs and portfolio companies - Identify decision-makers at investment firms. Build prospect lists for fund-services, legal, audit, and SaaS sales.
• Financial research & analysis - Map investment trends across industries. Profile investor behavior and stage preferences.
• Business development - Source advisors, board members, and partnership opportunities from a pool of 10,000+ firms.

Quickstart

1. Open the actor: https://apify.com/johnvc/startup-investors-data-scraper
2. Paste this input and click Start:

{
  "Firm_Types": ["Venture Capital Investor"],
  "Focus_Areas": ["Artificial Intelligence"],
  "Countries": ["United States"],
  "Max_Results": 25,
  "Include_Contacts": true
}

3. Open the Output tab. Switch between Overview, Full Firm Detail, and Firms with Contacts views. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Firm_Types	array	❌	["Venture Capital Investor"]	Filter by firm type. See valid values below.
Focus_Areas	array	❌	["Artificial Intelligence"]	Filter by industry / focus area. See valid values below.
Investment_Stages	array	❌	["Seed", "Series A"]	Filter by stage. Recommended values: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Late Stage, Growth, Private Equity, Mezzanine, IPO, Debt.
Countries	array	❌	["United States"]	Filter by HQ country. Use full English names.
Keyword	string	❌	"Sequoia"	Search across firm name, description, and other text fields.
Max_Results	integer	❌	100	Maximum firms to return. Range: 1–10000.
Order_By	enum	❌	created_at	One of: created_at, firm_name, firm_country, firm_type_id.
Order_Direction	enum	❌	desc	asc or desc.
Include_Contacts	boolean	❌	false	Include investor_contacts array on each firm.

All parameters are optional - omit everything to browse the full database.

Valid Firm Types

Angel Investor, Accelerator, Corporate Venture Capital Investor, Economic Development Organization, Hedge Fund, Incubator, Multi Family Office, Merchant Bank, Other, Private Equity, Real Estate, Single Family Office, Secondary, Startup, Tech Transfer Office, Venture Capital Investor, Venture Debt

Valid Focus Areas

Administrative, Advertising, Agriculture and Food, Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Blockchain & Crypto, Clothing and Apparel, Commerce and Shopping, Community and Lifestyle, Consumer Electronics, Consumer Goods, Content and Publishing, Data and Analytics, Design, Education, Energy, Events, Financial Services, Food and Beverage, Gaming, Government, Hardware, Health Care, Information Technology, Internet Services, Lending and Investments, Manufacturing, Media and Entertainment, Messaging and Communication, Mobile, Music and Audio, Natural Resources, Navigation and Mapping, Other, Payments, Platforms, Privacy and Security, Professional Services, Real Estate, Sales and Marketing, Science and Engineering, Software, Sports, Sustainability, Transportation, Travel and Tourism, Video, Uncategorized

Example output

A firm record (one row in the dataset):

{
  "firm_id": 11407,
  "firm_type_id": "AC",
  "firm_type_name": "Accelerator",
  "firm_name": "PALM VENTURES",
  "firm_description": "PALM VENTURES is an active family-office investment company that partners with management teams to build substantial value and create positive social impact. They invest across the spectrum from incubation to growth equity, buyouts, and distressed small public companies.",
  "firm_city": "Greenwich",
  "firm_state": "CT",
  "firm_country": "United States",
  "firm_website": "https://www.palmventures.com",
  "firm_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/palmventuresco",
  "crunchbase_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/palm-ventures",
  "firm_stages": ["Seed", "Late Stage", "Private Equity"],
  "firm_aum": 0.0,
  "firm_focus": ["Financial Services", "Information Technology", "Consumer Products & Services"],
  "industry_names": ["Financial Services", "Information Technology"],
  "last_checked": "2025-06-07T11:34:31.982308+00:00",
  "created_at": "2025-06-12T07:51:12.827480+00:00",
  "updated_at": "2025-06-12T07:51:12.827480+00:00",
  "investor_contacts": [
    {
      "name": "Brad Higgins",
      "first_name": "Brad",
      "last_name": "Higgins",
      "job_title": "Managing Partner",
      "title": "Managing Partner",
      "email": "brad@palmventures.com",
      "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradhiggins",
      "location_city": "Greenwich",
      "location_country": "United States",
      "headline": "Managing Partner at Palm Ventures",
      "areas_of_interest_names": ["Financial Services", "Information Technology"],
      "min_investment": 250000,
      "max_investment": 5000000,
      "target_investment": 1000000,
      "firm_name": "PALM VENTURES"
    }
  ],
  "search_metadata": {
    "focus_areas": ["Artificial Intelligence"],
    "max_results": 25,
    "order_by": "created_at",
    "order_direction": "desc",
    "include_contacts": true,
    "search_timestamp": "2026-05-10T15:31:46.941141",
    "total_results_found": 25,
    "query_execution_time": 5.586141
  }
}

Note on title vs job_title: every contact emits both title and job_title with the same value. job_title is the canonical field going forward; title is kept temporarily for backwards compatibility and will be removed in a future release. Migrate your downstream code to job_title.

Pricing

Pay-per-event - you only pay for what you receive.

Event	Price	When charged
Setup	$0.01	Once per actor run
Firm Returned	$0.04	Per investor firm in the result set
Contact Returned	$0.02	Per investor contact (only when Include_Contacts: true)

Worked example. A run that returns 10 firms with 2 contacts per firm costs:

$0.01 (setup) + 10 × $0.04 (firms) + 20 × $0.02 (contacts) = $0.81

A bare firm list (no contacts) of 100 firms costs $0.01 + 100 × $0.04 = $4.01.

If your Apify budget is below the estimated cost of a run, the actor logs a friendly warning, charges only the setup fee, and exits gracefully.

FAQ / Troubleshooting

Q: I got 0 results. A: Your filter combination may be too narrow. Try broadening: drop Investment_Stages or Countries, or remove Focus_Areas to see what's available. The Keyword filter is OR'd with name/description matches, so a very specific keyword may eliminate everything.

Q: How fresh is the data? A: Each firm has a last_checked timestamp showing when it was last verified. The database is refreshed continuously; most records are checked within the last 6 months.

Q: Why is firm_aum zero for so many firms? A: AUM is only included when the firm publicly discloses it. A 0.0 value means we don't have a disclosed figure, not that the firm has no AUM.

Q: Some contacts have email: null. Why? A: Email coverage varies by firm. We only include emails we have verified. LinkedIn URLs are present for ~95% of contacts and are the recommended outreach channel when email is missing.

Q: How do I filter by stage when my stage isn't in the recommended list? A: Investment_Stages accepts any string value - the filter is matched against the database. Stick to the recommended list for the best hit rate; obscure values may match few or zero firms.

Q: My actor run failed with a budget warning. What now? A: Increase your run budget in the Apify Console under the run's settings, or lower Max_Results to fit the budget. The setup fee is small ($0.01) so re-running costs almost nothing.

Q: Can I use this from Claude, Cursor, or another MCP-aware client? A: Yes - connect to the Apify MCP server and search for "venture capital" or "startup investors". This actor exposes its full input schema to the LLM. See the MCP integration docs.

Integrations

• API - call directly via the Apify API; the actor returns a dataset URL.
• MCP - discovered automatically by Apify MCP for AI agents (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Cline, Windsurf, and others).
• Schedule - set a daily or weekly cadence in the Apify Console to refresh your investor list.
• Webhooks - wire run completion to Slack, Zapier, Make, or n8n.

Support

For technical support, feature requests, or feedback, drop a note via the actor's store page.

Last Updated: 2026.05.24