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CB Insights Unicorn Companies List Scraper

CB Insights Unicorn Companies List Scraper

Scrapes the CB Insights Complete Unicorn List — the canonical reference of all private companies valued at $1 billion or more. Returns company name, valuation, date joined, country, city, industry, and notable investors for every unicorn on the list (1,200+ companies).

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Extract the complete CB Insights unicorn company list — the canonical reference of every private company valued at $1 billion or more. Returns company name, valuation, date joined, country, city, industry, and notable investors for all 1,200+ unicorns on the list.

What It Does

The CB Insights Complete Unicorn List is the most widely cited dataset of private $1B+ companies, updated monthly. This actor fetches the full inline HTML table and returns every row as a structured record.

Sample output:

{
"company_name": "OpenAI",
"valuation_usd": "$840",
"date_joined": "7/22/2019",
"country": "United States",
"city": "San Francisco",
"industry": "Enterprise Tech",
"select_investors": "Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, Sequoia Capital",
"scrapedAt": "2026-06-12T00:21:13.399Z"
}

Input

FieldTypeDescription
maxItemsintegerMaximum number of records to return. Leave blank or set to a high value to get the full list (~1,200+ companies). Default: 10 for quick test runs.

Output

Each record in the dataset contains:

FieldDescription
company_nameCompany name
valuation_usdValuation in USD (e.g. $840)
date_joinedDate the company reached unicorn status (M/D/YYYY)
countryCountry where the company is headquartered
cityCity where the company is headquartered
industryIndustry vertical
select_investorsNotable investors and backers
scrapedAtISO-8601 timestamp when the record was scraped

Usage Notes

  • Set maxItems to a high number (e.g. 2000) or leave it out to capture the entire list.
  • The list is updated monthly by CB Insights — re-run periodically to stay current.
  • Single-page extraction: no pagination, no authentication required.
  • Typical run time: under 30 seconds for the full list.

Use Cases

  • VC and investor research — build deal flow pipelines from the full unicorn universe
  • Market research — segment by country, industry, or valuation band
  • Competitive intelligence — track which sectors are producing unicorns fastest
  • Data enrichment — join with Crunchbase or LinkedIn data for deeper company profiles