CB Insights Unicorn Companies List Scraper
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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
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
maxItems | integer | Maximum 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:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
company_name | Company name |
valuation_usd | Valuation in USD (e.g. $840) |
date_joined | Date the company reached unicorn status (M/D/YYYY) |
country | Country where the company is headquartered |
city | City where the company is headquartered |
industry | Industry vertical |
select_investors | Notable investors and backers |
scrapedAt | ISO-8601 timestamp when the record was scraped |
Usage Notes
- Set
maxItemsto 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