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Show HN Founder & SaaS Startup Lead Finder

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Find fresh Show HN founders and startup launches, enrich product websites with public emails, contact pages, social profiles, traction signals, and lead scores. Built for agencies, SaaS sales, investors, and developer-tool prospecting.

Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 startup leads

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Developer

Matias Lencina

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Monthly active users

19 hours ago

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What you get

Each result can include:

startup / product name and website
Show HN discussion and founder/post author
launch time, Hacker News points, and comments
public email when exposed on the product website
contact / about page
LinkedIn, X/Twitter, and GitHub links
website title and description
0–100 lead-quality score
hot, strong, medium, or early signal

Best for

B2B SaaS prospecting
founder outreach research
agencies looking for newly launched companies
developer-tool sales
startup scouting and VC research
competitive and launch intelligence

Why this is different from a Hacker News scraper

A generic HN scraper gives you posts.

This Actor is built for Show HN leads, startup leads, founder leads, and SaaS leads. It follows the product URL, enriches the public website, and scores the result so you can prioritize the launches worth investigating first.

Example input

{
  "lookbackHours": 168,
  "maxItems": 30,
  "query": "AI",
  "minHnPoints": 2,
  "enrichWebsites": true,
  "requireContactSignal": false
}

Scheduling

Schedule it hourly or daily to continuously discover newly launched products before they become old leads.

Data & responsible use

The Actor reads public Show HN metadata and publicly accessible website content. Public contact information is provided as research data; users are responsible for applicable privacy, marketing, and anti-spam requirements.

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