F6S Accelerator, Startup & Investor Scraper

Scrapes F6S.com, the largest global directory of startup accelerators, competitions, grants, startups, and investors. Returns program details, startup profiles, and investor data — with filters for country, stage, and sector — from a database of 14,000+ active programs.

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F6S Scraper Features

• Extracts programs (accelerators, incubators, competitions, grants), startups, and investors in a single actor
• Filters by country, startup stage, industry sector, program type, and active deadline
• Returns investment amount, equity terms, application deadline, and apply URL for each program
• Captures location data (city and country) from listing cards directly
• Handles Reese84 bot protection automatically — residential proxy included
• Paginates through all results, or stops at your configured maxItems limit

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Who Uses F6S Data?

• Founders — Find accelerators, competitions, and grants that match your stage, sector, and geography before deadlines close
• VCs and investors — Identify active deal-flow sources and track which accelerators are funding which sectors
• Corporate innovation teams — Monitor the accelerator landscape for partnership and pipeline opportunities
• Researchers and analysts — Map the global startup support ecosystem, track program volumes by country and type
• Startup support organizations — Build databases of competing or complementary programs for strategic benchmarking

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How F6S Scraper Works

1. Configure the entity type (programs, startups, or investors) and any filters — country, stage, sector, deadline status
2. The scraper navigates F6S listing pages using a real browser, bypassing the bot challenge automatically with a US residential proxy
3. Listing cards are extracted from the rendered HTML — name, slug, location, investment terms, deadline, and apply URL are captured from the listing view
4. Results are returned as clean JSON; pagination continues until you hit your maxItems limit or the last page

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Input

{
  "entityType": "programs",
  "country": "United States",
  "stage": "Seed",
  "sector": "FinTech",
  "programType": "accelerator",
  "deadlineOnly": true,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
entityType	String	programs	What to scrape: programs (accelerators/competitions/grants), startups, or investors
programType	String	(all)	For programs: filter by accelerator, incubator, competition, grant, fellowship, hackathon, studio
country	String	(all)	Filter by country (e.g. United States, Germany, Singapore)
stage	String	(all)	Filter by startup stage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth
sector	String	(all)	Industry keyword filter (e.g. FinTech, HealthTech, AI, ClimateTech)
deadlineOnly	Boolean	false	Programs only: include only entries with upcoming application deadlines
maxItems	Integer	10	Max records to return. Set to 0 for unlimited
proxyConfiguration	Object	US Residential	Proxy settings — residential US recommended for bot challenge bypass

Additional Input Examples

Scrape startups in Germany:

{
  "entityType": "startups",
  "country": "Germany",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Scrape investors — no filter:

{
  "entityType": "investors",
  "maxItems": 200
}

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F6S Scraper Output Fields

Each run returns one record type, determined by entityType. All fields are present in every record — unused entity fields are null.

Programs Output

{
  "entity_type": "program",
  "program_name": "BFSI Revenue Scaler Innovation Pitches",
  "program_slug": "bfsi-revenue-scaler-innovation-pitches",
  "program_url": "https://www.f6s.com/bfsi-revenue-scaler-innovation-pitches/about",
  "program_type": "",
  "program_description": "Funds Startups in Banking, Cyber Security, Insurance",
  "program_country": "Singapore",
  "program_city": "Singapore",
  "program_stage": "",
  "program_sector": "",
  "program_benefits": "",
  "program_investment_amount": "$500k",
  "program_equity_taken": "1-10%",
  "program_duration": "",
  "program_application_deadline": "by May 10",
  "program_application_url": "https://www.f6s.com/bfsi-revenue-scaler-innovation-pitches/apply",
  "program_website": "",
  "program_companies_supported": null,
  "startup_name": null,
  "investor_name": null,
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-09T22:26:44.000Z"
}

Field	Type	Description
entity_type	String	Record type: program, startup, or investor
program_name	String	Program name
program_slug	String	URL slug (unique identifier)
program_url	String	Full F6S program page URL
program_type	String	Program type when listed
program_description	String	Sector or focus description from listing
program_country	String	Country of operation
program_city	String	City of operation
program_investment_amount	String	Investment amount (e.g. $500k, €100k)
program_equity_taken	String	Equity percentage (e.g. 1-10%)
program_application_deadline	String	Deadline text (e.g. by May 10)
program_application_url	String	Direct application URL
scraped_at	String	ISO timestamp when scraped

Startups Output

{
  "entity_type": "startup",
  "startup_name": "Solaris AI",
  "startup_slug": "solaris-ai",
  "startup_url": "https://www.f6s.com/solaris-ai/about",
  "startup_description": "AI-powered solar energy optimization platform",
  "startup_country": "United States",
  "startup_city": "San Francisco",
  "startup_stage": "Seed",
  "startup_founded_year": null,
  "startup_employees": "",
  "startup_website": "",
  "startup_industries": "",
  "startup_funding_raised": "",
  "program_name": null,
  "investor_name": null,
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-09T22:26:44.000Z"
}

Field	Type	Description
startup_name	String	Company name
startup_slug	String	URL slug
startup_url	String	F6S company page URL
startup_description	String	Company description
startup_country	String	Country
startup_city	String	City
startup_stage	String	Funding stage

Investors Output

{
  "entity_type": "investor",
  "investor_name": "Sequoia Capital",
  "investor_slug": "sequoia-capital",
  "investor_url": "https://www.f6s.com/sequoia-capital/about",
  "investor_type": "Venture Capital",
  "investor_country": "United States",
  "investor_portfolio_count": null,
  "investor_investment_stage": "",
  "investor_investment_sector": "Deep Tech, AI, Consumer",
  "investor_check_size": "",
  "program_name": null,
  "startup_name": null,
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-09T22:26:44.000Z"
}

Field	Type	Description
investor_name	String	Investor or fund name
investor_slug	String	URL slug
investor_url	String	F6S investor page URL
investor_type	String	Fund type
investor_country	String	Country
investor_investment_sector	String	Sector focus from listing

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🔍 FAQ

How do I scrape accelerators from F6S?

F6S Scraper handles it with a browser-based scrape of F6S's listing pages. Set entityType to programs, optionally add filters for country, sector, or stage, and set a maxItems limit. The actor handles bot protection and pagination.

How much does F6S Scraper cost to run?

F6S Scraper uses the default_2603_basic pricing profile — $0.10 per actor start plus $0.001 per record. Scraping 1,000 accelerator listings costs roughly $1.10.

Can I filter by deadline?

Yes. Set deadlineOnly: true to return only programs with upcoming application deadlines. This filter applies to programs only — not startups or investors.

Does F6S Scraper need proxies?

F6S Scraper requires a residential proxy to bypass the bot challenge. The default input uses Apify's residential US proxy pool. Datacenter IPs get blocked at the gate.

How many records are available on F6S?

F6S lists over 14,000 active programs as of early 2026. The count shifts as programs open and close. Set maxItems: 0 to pull everything in a single run.

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Need More Features?

Need custom fields, additional filter options, or a different entity type? File an issue or get in touch.

Why Use F6S Scraper?

• 14,000+ programs covered — F6S is the largest global accelerator directory, and this scraper reaches all of it in a single run
• Three entity types, one actor — programs, startups, and investors from the same database, switched with one input field rather than three separate tools
• Filtered results at the source — country, stage, sector, and deadline filters are applied server-side, so you only download what you need