VentureRadar Similar Companies Finder - Lookalike & Keyword Company Search

Discover lookalike and keyword-ranked companies from VentureRadar. Three search modes: find companies similar to a seed company by name, search for top-ranked companies matching a keyword or theme, or pull full profiles for VentureRadar company URLs, including who backed each company, dated milestones and social links. Returns company name, country, founding year, description, sector tags, website, VentureRadar scores, and funding flags. No account or login required.

What does the VentureRadar scraper do?

It collects company data from VentureRadar for each seed, keyword or profile URL you supply. No login is required for any mode.

Similar mode finds each company by name (a website address such as stripe.com works too when VentureRadar lists the company under that name), then returns its similar companies. VentureRadar lists up to 6 similar companies per seed. Set maxItems at or above your expected total (seeds × 6) to avoid truncating results. If a company cannot be found, the run says so by name; the others in the batch still return.

Keyword mode returns the top-ranked companies for each keyword: up to about 55 distinct companies per keyword. That is the deepest result list VentureRadar shows without a paid plan, so a keyword with thousands of matches still returns about 55; set maxItems to 55 per keyword to get all of them.

Profile mode returns the full VentureRadar profile for each URL in companyUrls (for example https://www.ventureradar.com/organisation/Stripe/9e5dc665-e4c3-43b7-b904-4b041f4bf76b), including funding backers, milestones, keywords, LinkedIn and Twitter links and the similar companies listed on the profile. A URL that is not a VentureRadar company profile is skipped and named in the log; if none is valid the run stops with an error.

Include Profile Details adds the same profile fields to every record in similar and keyword mode. Each enriched record is billed as one extra result.

What data does it extract?

Each record represents one company result:

Field	Description
seed	The seed value used — company name (similar) or keyword (keyword)
seed_uuid	VentureRadar UUID of the seed company (similar mode only)
mode	similar, keyword or profile
company_name	Company name
company_uuid	VentureRadar unique company identifier
profile_url	URL to the VentureRadar company profile
company_type	Privately Held, Publicly Traded, etc.
founded_year	Year the company was founded
country	Country of headquarters
description	Short company description
website	Company website URL
sectors	Semicolon-separated sector/industry tags
similarity_score	VentureRadar similarity score (similar mode) — higher is more similar
vr_popularity	VentureRadar popularity score (similar mode)
growth_score	VentureRadar growth score (similar mode)
venture_funded	Whether the company has received VC funding
equity_crowd_funded	Whether the company has raised equity crowdfunding
government_grant	Whether the company has received government grants
incubator_backed	Whether the company has been through an incubator
reward_crowd_funded	Whether the company has raised reward-based crowdfunding
spin_off	Whether the company is a spin-off of another organisation
contact_email	Contact email when available (similar mode only)
analyst_score	VentureRadar automated analyst score (similar mode)
website_traffic	VentureRadar website-traffic score (similar mode)
company_summary	One-line company summary (keyword and profile modes)
funding_stage	Latest funding stage on the profile (profile mode, or Include Profile Details)
description_source	Where the profile description came from (profile mode, or Include Profile Details)
keywords	Keyword tags listed on the profile (array)
linkedin_url	Company LinkedIn page, when listed
twitter_url	Company Twitter/X profile, when listed
social_proof_score	VentureRadar social-proof sub-score
funding_signals	Funding signals with the backers behind each, e.g. venture funded or incubator/accelerator (array)
milestones	Dated funding news, awards, conferences and research with source links (array)
similar_companies	Companies VentureRadar lists as similar on the profile (array)

The last nine fields appear in profile mode, or in similar and keyword mode when Include Profile Details is on. Without it, records are unchanged.

Sample output: similar mode (seed: Stripe)

{
  "seed": "Stripe",
  "mode": "similar",
  "company_name": "Adyen",
  "company_uuid": "adc15163-e2e8-4053-a022-63e3d66218fc",
  "profile_url": "https://www.ventureradar.com/organisation/Adyen/adc15163-e2e8-4053-a022-63e3d66218fc",
  "company_type": "Publicly Traded",
  "founded_year": 2006,
  "country": "Netherlands",
  "description": "Adyen is at the heart of the fast moving payment revolution...",
  "website": "http://www.adyen.com/",
  "sectors": "Fintech; Payments; E-Commerce; Mobile payments",
  "similarity_score": 817,
  "vr_popularity": 917,
  "growth_score": 700,
  "venture_funded": false,
  "equity_crowd_funded": false,
  "government_grant": false,
  "incubator_backed": false,
  "reward_crowd_funded": false,
  "spin_off": false,
  "contact_email": null,
  "analyst_score": 680,
  "website_traffic": 970,
  "company_summary": null
}

Sample output: keyword mode (seed: fintech)

{
  "seed": "fintech",
  "mode": "keyword",
  "company_name": "Revolut",
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "founded_year": 2015,
  "sectors": "Fintech; Banking; Payments; Cryptocurrency",
  "company_type": "Privately Held",
  "venture_funded": true,
  "company_summary": "Provides global fintech solutions, enabling cross-border payments and comprehensive financial services for businesses."
}

How to use it

Parameter	Type	Description
mode	string	"similar", "keyword" or "profile" (required)
companyNames	array	Seed company names for similar mode
keywords	array	Keywords for keyword search mode
companyUrls	array	VentureRadar company profile URLs for profile mode
includeProfileDetails	boolean	Add profile fields to similar and keyword records; each enriched record bills as one extra result (default: false)
maxItems	integer	Maximum total records to return (default: 10)

Similar mode: find companies like Stripe and Shopify

{
  "mode": "similar",
  "companyNames": ["Stripe", "Shopify"],
  "maxItems": 50
}

Note: similar mode returns up to 6 results per seed. With 2 seeds, set maxItems to at least 12 to avoid truncation.

Keyword mode: top fintech companies

{
  "mode": "keyword",
  "keywords": ["fintech", "SaaS", "AI"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Profile mode: full profiles for known companies

{
  "mode": "profile",
  "companyUrls": ["https://www.ventureradar.com/organisation/Stripe/9e5dc665-e4c3-43b7-b904-4b041f4bf76b"],
  "maxItems": 10
}

Use cases

• Competitive intelligence — find direct competitors and lookalike companies for a target company
• Market research — discover companies in a vertical or emerging theme
• Lead generation — build lists of companies in specific sectors with contact emails
• Due diligence — map the competitive landscape around an acquisition target
• Portfolio analysis — find benchmark peers for portfolio companies

FAQ

Why does similar mode return a maximum of 6 companies per seed? VentureRadar lists at most 6 similar companies per company. It applies to every visitor of the site, not just this actor.

Do I need a VentureRadar account? No. No account, login, or VentureRadar API key is required.

Can I export results to spreadsheet? Yes. Apify datasets export to JSON, CSV, and Excel via the dataset panel.