# Khosla Ventures Portfolio Company Scraper (`nexgenwatch/khosla-portfolio-companies`) Actor

Khosla Ventures Portfolio Company Scraper

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgenwatch/khosla-portfolio-companies.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGen Watch](https://apify.com/nexgenwatch) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $33.50 / 1,000 portfolio company records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Khosla Ventures Portfolio Company Scraper

Clean, structured **directory of Khosla Ventures's portfolio companies** — one record per company, from the portfolio's public companies page. Each `portfolio_company` record carries: name, description, funding stage, sector tags, all locations, current open-job count, the company's website, the board company page, the source listing, and when it was observed.

### What it does

- Reads the portfolio board's public companies directory and returns one clean record per company.
- **One company = one record.** A company listed in several locations is a single record with a **deduped location list**, and each company appears — and bills — only once (identity is the company slug).
- Lets you bound a run by count (`maxRecords`) or by filters (`locationContains`, `sectorContains`, `stage`, `nameContains`, `minJobs`, `hiringOnly`).
- Reads the board's own company data only — the company website is never fetched.
- If the board is unreachable, changes shape, or its cards vanish (a redesign), it **stops loudly** — a broken board is never delivered as an empty success.

### Pricing

| Event | Price (USD) |
|---|---|
| `apify-actor-start` | $0.02 |
| `portfolio-company-record` | $0.05 |

`apify-actor-start` is charged once per run by the platform. `portfolio-company-record` is charged once per unique company delivered, and drops with volume ($0.05 → $0.045 → $0.04 → $0.0335). Duplicate companies, filtered-out companies, and empty filtered results bill nothing; a source outage bills nothing.

### Input

- `maxRecords` — cap on company records delivered (buyer-requested bound; default 600).
- `locationContains` / `sectorContains` / `stage` / `nameContains` / `minJobs` / `hiringOnly` — filters.
- `hitsPerPage`, `maxPages` — pagination controls.
- `minRequestIntervalSec` — self-throttle between requests (default 1s).

### Notes

The `active_jobs_count` field is the company's current open roles on the board. Sector tags list the board's visible industry tags first, then any remaining tags, deduped. Descriptions, stage, sector and location are delivered exactly as the board publishes them; a field the board omits is left null.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound on company records delivered this run (a buyer-requested cap). Leave empty for the built-in ceiling.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Safety ceiling on API pages read (20 companies/page).

## `hitsPerPage` (type: `integer`):

Companies requested per API page (Getro caps ~20; default 20).

## `locationContains` (type: `array`):

Only deliver companies whose location list matches one of these strings (e.g. San Francisco, London).

## `sectorContains` (type: `array`):

Only deliver companies whose sector/industry tags match one of these strings (e.g. Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare).

## `stage` (type: `array`):

Restrict to these funding stages (e.g. pre\_seed, seed, series\_a).

## `nameContains` (type: `array`):

Only deliver companies whose name matches one of these strings.

## `minJobs` (type: `integer`):

Only deliver companies with at least this many open jobs.

## `hiringOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only deliver companies that currently have open jobs.

## `minRequestIntervalSec` (type: `integer`):

Self-throttle between API pages. Default 1 second.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

Optional override for the identified contact User-Agent.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxRecords": 600,
  "hitsPerPage": 20,
  "locationContains": [],
  "sectorContains": [],
  "stage": [],
  "nameContains": [],
  "hiringOnly": false,
  "minRequestIntervalSec": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgenwatch/khosla-portfolio-companies").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgenwatch/khosla-portfolio-companies").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call nexgenwatch/khosla-portfolio-companies --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nexgenwatch/khosla-portfolio-companies"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/C21M9Basm0sxQK1tx/builds/C0tmOhhBdN1kdnhre/openapi.json