💼 Signal NFX Investor Scraper

This actor allows you to scrape investor profiles from Signal NFX by providing an investor list URL. It automatically handles pagination and extracts comprehensive investor information including firm details, typical check sizes, investment ranges, and focus areas.

Features

• URL-based Scraping: Extract investor profiles by providing a complete Signal NFX investor list URL
• Automatic Pagination: Automatically loads more investors until reaching the end or max items limit
• Comprehensive Investor Data: Extract detailed information about each investor including:
  • Investor name and profile photo
  • Current firm and position
  • Typical check size and investment range
  • Investment focus by industry
  • Geographic focus areas
  • Additional investor tags and lists
  • Direct links to investor and firm profiles
• Smart Deduplication: Automatically removes duplicate profiles
• Proxy Support: Built-in proxy configuration support for reliable scraping

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
searchUrl	string	Yes	Complete Signal NFX investor list URL to scrape
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum number of investors to fetch (default: unlimited)
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Proxy settings (residential proxy recommended)

How to Get Search URL

1. Go to Signal NFX
2. Browse or search for investor lists (e.g., "Top Fintech Seed Investors", "SF Bay Area VCs")
3. Copy the complete URL from your browser's address bar
4. Paste it into the searchUrl field

Example search URLs:

https://signal.nfx.com/investor-lists/top-fintech-seed-investors
https://signal.nfx.com/investor-lists/top-pre-seed-investors
https://signal.nfx.com/investor-lists/san-francisco-bay-area-investors

Output

The output is a dataset of investor profile objects, each containing:

• searchUrl: The original search URL used
• investorName: Full name of the investor
• photoUrl: Profile photo URL
• detailPageUrl: Direct link to investor profile on Signal NFX
• firmName: Name of the investment firm
• firmUrl: Link to firm profile on Signal NFX
• title: Job title/position at the firm
• sizeText: Fund size or AUM information
• typicalCheck: Typical investment amount
• checkRange: Investment range (min - max)
• industries: Array of industry focus areas
• tags: Array of additional tags and list memberships
• scrapedAt: Timestamp of when the profile was scraped

Example output:

[
  {
    "searchUrl": "https://signal.nfx.com/investor-lists/top-fintech-seed-investors",
    "investorName": "Sheel Mohnot",
    "photoUrl": "https://signal-api.nfx.com/rails/active_storage/...",
    "detailPageUrl": "https://signal.nfx.com/investors/sheel-mohnot",
    "firmName": "Better Tomorrow Ventures",
    "firmUrl": "https://signal.nfx.com/firms/better-tomorrow-ventures",
    "title": "General Partner",
    "sizeText": "n/a",
    "typicalCheck": "$1.5M",
    "checkRange": "($500K - $3.0M)",
    "industries": [
      "Global",
      "SF Bay Area (CA)",
      "San Francisco (CA)"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "Payments (Seed)",
      "FinTech (Seed)",
      "San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)",
      "Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists (Other Lists)",
      "+5"
    ],
    "scrapedAt": "2025-11-08T15:41:32.881Z"
  },
  ...
]

Use Cases

• Fundraising Research: Find relevant investors for your startup based on stage, industry, and check size
• Market Intelligence: Analyze investor activity and focus areas across different sectors
• Network Building: Identify potential investors and their firm affiliations
• Competitive Analysis: Research which investors are active in your space
• Lead Generation: Build targeted investor outreach lists
• Investment Tracking: Monitor investor portfolios and investment patterns
• Due Diligence: Research investor backgrounds and investment history

Notes

• Results are saved incrementally as they are found
• All timestamps are in ISO 8601 format
• Investor lists are updated regularly on Signal NFX
• Some fields may be empty if information is not available
• Check sizes are shown in USD
• The +N in tags indicates additional hidden tags (e.g., "+5" means 5 more tags)

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Start building your investor list from Signal NFX today!