🚀 Y Combinator Companies Scraper

Collect structured company profiles, founder information, and open job listings from the Y Combinator directory. Access over 5,700 funded startups across every batch from 2005 to the latest cohort. Whether you need company data for investment research, competitive intelligence, or talent acquisition, this tool delivers organized results without any technical setup.

The Y Combinator Companies Scraper gives you direct access to the world's most prestigious startup portfolio. From early stage companies in the latest batch to publicly traded alumni like Airbnb, Stripe, and Coinbase, every profile includes founding details, industry tags, growth stage, and team contacts.

Filter by batch, industry, region, hiring status, funding stage, and more. Collect founder profiles with bios and social links. Pull open job listings with salary ranges and equity details.

The Y Combinator Companies Scraper collects complete company profiles from the YC directory, with up to 37 data fields per company, including founders and open job listings.

✨ What Does It Do

• 🏢 Company Profiles - collect founding year, team size, one-liner, long description, and growth stage for any company in the YC portfolio
• 🎓 Batch Intelligence - filter by specific YC cohorts like W25, S24, or Fall 2025 to track the latest funded companies
• 🏭 Industry Filtering - narrow results by top-level industry (Fintech, Healthcare, B2B, Consumer) or specific subindustry like "Fintech -> Payments"
• 👤 Founder Profiles - extract founder names, titles, bios, LinkedIn profiles, and Twitter handles for direct outreach
• 💼 Open Job Listings - pull active job postings with salary ranges, equity ranges, visa sponsorship details, and required skills
• ⭐ Top Company Flag - identify the most notable YC alumni using the top company filter (Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase, and others)
• 🌍 Regional Filtering - filter by country or region to find companies in specific geographies like Europe, Latin America, or South Asia
• 📧 Contact Emails - when publicly listed in company descriptions, contact emails are automatically extracted
• 🎬 Demo Day Videos - captures Demo Day video links when available for investor research

🎬 Demo Video

Demo video coming soon.

🔧 Input

Configure filters to target exactly the companies you need. All filters are optional.

• Company URLs - Paste specific YC company URLs to collect individual profiles (example: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/airbnb). When provided, filter fields are ignored
• Search Query - Search by company name or keyword (example: AI assistant, healthcare, robotics)
• Batches - Filter by YC cohort using short codes (W25, S25, X25, F25) or full names (Winter 2025, Spring 2025). Leave empty for all batches
• Industries - Filter by top-level industry: B2B, Consumer, Healthcare, Fintech, Industrials, Real Estate and Construction, Education, Government
• Subindustries - Filter by specific subindustry (example: Fintech -> Payments, B2B -> Engineering, Product and Design)
• Regions - Filter by geography (example: United States of America, Europe, Latin America, India)
• Company Status - Filter by Active, Public, Acquired, or Inactive
• Hiring Only - Set to true to return only companies with open job listings
• Nonprofits Only - Set to true to return only nonprofit organizations
• Top Companies Only - Set to true to return only the most notable YC alumni
• Include Founders - Include founder profiles per company (default: true)
• Include Open Jobs - Include open job listings per company (default: true)
• Max Companies - Maximum number of companies to collect. Free users: up to 100. Paid users: up to 1,000,000

Example input:

{
  "batches": ["W25", "S25"],
  "industries": ["Fintech"],
  "isHiring": true,
  "scrapeFounders": true,
  "scrapeJobs": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}

📊 Output

Y Combinator Companies Scraper can gather any kind of data from the YC directory, such as:

🖼️ Company logo	🏢 Company name	🔗 YC profile URL
🌐 Website	📝 One-liner	📄 Full description
🎓 Batch code	🗓️ Batch name	📊 Company status
📈 Growth stage	🗓️ Year founded	👥 Team size
📍 Location	🌍 Country	💼 Hiring status
🤝 Nonprofit flag	⭐ Top company flag	🤝 YC group partner
🏭 Industry	🔬 Subindustry	🏷️ Tags
🌎 Regions	🚀 Launch date	📧 Contact email
🔗 LinkedIn	🐦 Twitter	📘 Facebook
📊 Crunchbase	🐙 GitHub	🎬 Demo Day video
📸 Company photos	👤 Founder names	🎯 Founder titles
📝 Founder bios	🔗 Founder LinkedIn	🐦 Founder Twitter
💼 Job title	💰 Salary range	💎 Equity range
📍 Job location	🌐 Remote option	🛂 Visa sponsorship
🛠️ Required skills	🕐 Min experience	✅ Scraped timestamp

💎 Why Choose the Y Combinator Companies Scraper?

Feature	ParseForge	michael.g	clearpath	jupri
Founder profiles with bios and social links	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Open job listings with equity and salary ranges	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Growth stage (Early, Growth, Late Stage)	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Subindustry filter	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Top company flag	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Nonprofit filter	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Contact email from company profile	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Company photos	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Former company name history	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Demo Day video links	✔️	❌	❌	❌
No fake or inferred emails	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️
Flat monthly pricing	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
Free tier: up to 100 companies per run	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

📋 How to Use

No technical skills required. Follow these simple steps:

1. Sign Up - Create a free account with $5 credit
2. Find the Tool - Search for "Y Combinator Companies Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set Your Filters - Choose your batch, industry, region, or paste specific company URLs
4. Run It - Click Start and watch your results appear in seconds
5. Download - Export your data as JSON, CSV, or Excel

That's it. No coding, no setup, no technical configuration required.

🎯 Business Use Cases

Venture Capital and Angel Investors

• Track every new YC batch to identify early stage investment targets before they raise their seed round
• Filter by industry and region to match your fund's thesis and deal flow criteria
• Pull founder backgrounds and LinkedIn profiles to evaluate team quality before reaching out

Startup Researchers and Analysts

• Map the entire YC portfolio by industry to understand which sectors YC bets on each year
• Compare company growth stages across batches to identify patterns in successful startups
• Analyze hiring trends across the portfolio to track which roles are in demand at YC companies

Recruiters and Talent Teams

• Find high growth YC companies that are actively hiring in your candidate's target role
• Access open job listings with salary and equity ranges to benchmark compensation for offer letters
• Pull founder and team information to identify warm outreach contacts at target companies

Founders and Competitive Intelligence

• Monitor competitor YC companies in your industry for hiring signals, product launches, and team growth
• Research which YC group partners back companies in your space before applying
• Identify potential cofounders or advisors by searching the YC alumni founder database

Sales and Business Development

• Build targeted prospect lists of YC funded startups by industry, stage, and hiring status
• Find contact emails from company descriptions for direct outreach campaigns
• Filter by company size and growth stage to prioritize high value accounts

❓ FAQ

🔍 How does it work? The tool accesses the public Y Combinator company directory and collects structured profiles from each matching company page. No account needed.

📊 How accurate is the data? Data comes directly from Y Combinator's official public directory. Company details, founder profiles, and job listings are sourced straight from YC and updated in real time when you run the tool.

🎓 What batch codes can I use? Use short codes like W25 (Winter 2025), S25 (Summer 2025), X25 or P25 (Spring 2025), F25 (Fall 2025), or full names like "Winter 2025". You can also mix and match multiple batches in the same run.

💼 Does it include open job listings? Yes. When a company has active job postings on YC, the tool collects them including title, location, salary range, equity range, visa sponsorship, and required skills. Set "Include Open Jobs" to true.

👤 Does it collect founder emails? The tool extracts contact emails when founders or companies publish them directly in their YC profile descriptions. These are publicly listed emails, not private contact information.

📅 Can I schedule this to run automatically? Yes. Use integrations like Make or Zapier to run the tool on a schedule and send results to your CRM, spreadsheet, or data warehouse automatically.

⚠️ Are there any limits? Free users can collect up to 100 companies per run. Paid users can collect up to 1,000,000 companies per run.

🔗 Integrate Y Combinator Companies Scraper with any app

• Make - Automate workflows
• Zapier - Connect 5000+ apps
• GitHub - Version control integration
• Slack - Get notifications
• Airbyte - Data pipelines
• Google Drive - Export to spreadsheets

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🚀 Ready to Start?

Create a free account with $5 credit and collect your first 100 companies for free. No coding, no setup.

🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
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⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Y Combinator or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.