Techstars Scraper

What does Techstars Scraper do?

Techstars Scraper allows you to extract data about companies from the Techstars Portfolio: company name, accelerator program and year, description, location, website ,company LinkedIn, company crunchbase, company X, and more.

About Techstars

Techstars is a leading startup accelerator that helps founders scale world-changing businesses. Since 2006, it has launched roughly 4,900 companies with a combined market capitalization of over $116 billion USD. Companies started through Techstars include DigitalOcean, Trust & Will, SketchFab, SendGrid, ClassPass, Twelve Labs, and others.

Company data fields

Field Name	Type	Description
Company Image	String (URL)	Company imge URL
Company Name	String	Company name
Description	String	Ddescription of the company
Location	String	Company location
Accelerator Program	String	Name of the accelerator program provided by Techstars
Accelerator Year	Int	Year when the accelerator program was held
Tags	List	Industry tags
Website	String (URL)	Company website URL
Company LinkedIn	String (URL)	Company LinkedIn URL
Company Crunchbase	String (URL)	Company Crunchbase URL
Company X	String (URL)	Company X URL
Company Facebook	String (URL)	Company Facebook URL

Why scrape Techstars?

• Lead generation: identifying startups for potential collaboration or investment.
• Market research: analyzing trends and popular niches in the startup ecosystem.
• Studying the startup landscape: understanding successful approaches and business models.
• Finding inspiration: exploring ideas and innovations that could influence your own project.

Example Input

Companies search URL: https://www.techstars.com/portfolio?industry_vertical=Big+Data

And here’s the same, just in JSON.

{
   "url": "https://www.techstars.com/portfolio?industry_vertical=Big+Data"
}

Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can find in the Storage tab. Note that the output is organized in a table for viewing convenience. Here's an example of some of the output from the previous companies search URL:

By clicking on the green Export button, you can download the dataset in XML, CSV, Excel, HTML, or JSON. See an example of a JSON file:

{
   "company_image": "http://apimg.techstars.com/sf/accounts/logo/Logo_4e0fc4dad222d61ef32e5f9b1.jpg",
   "company_name": "TradingView",
   "description": "Social network where traders exchange ideas to maximize profits",
   "location": "New York City, New York, United States",
   "accelerator_year": "2013",
   "accelerator_program": "Techstars Chicago Accelerator",
   "tags": [
      "Big Data",
      "Fintech"
   ],
   "website": "https://tradingview.com",
   "company_linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/company/tradingview",
   "company_crunchbase": "https://crunchbase.com/organization/tradingview",
   "company_x": "https://twitter.com/tradingview",
   "company_facebook": "https://facebook.com/tradingview"
}

How do I use Techstars Scraper?

The Techstars Scraper is designed to help you easily extract contact details from the web, even if you have no prior experience. Follow these steps to scrape data on Techstars companies:

1. Enter Search URL: Copy and paste the Techstars portfolio search URL directly into the scraper's input field.
2. Run the Scraper: Click "Start" and wait for the data extraction to complete.
3. Export your data in Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML, or via API.

How much does Techstars Scraper scraping cost?

This scraper uses the Pay-per-result pricing model, so your costs can be easily calculated: it will cost you $15 to scrape 1,000 search results, which is $0.015 per item. Apify provides you with $5 in free usage credits every month on the Apify Free plan, allowing you to scrape over 300 search results from the Techstars directory for free using those credits.

For regular data extraction, consider upgrading to the $49/month Starter plan, which can get you over 3,000 search results every month.

Integrations and Techstars Scraper

Techstars Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform. You can integrate with Make, n8n, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and more.

Your feedback

We’re always working on improving the performance of our Actors. If you’ve got any technical feedback for Techstars Scraper or simply found a bug, please create an issue on the actor’s Issues tab in Apify Console.