Crunchbase Scraper — Funding Rounds, Investors & Startup Intelligence

⚡ Live Run Demo (Sub-second Execution)

[00:00.00] 🚀 Initializing Micro-Container (256MB RAM)...
[00:00.28] 🛡️ Anti-bot handshake passed: Cloudflare & Datadome bypassed (Zero-Proxy)
[00:00.85] ⚡ Scraping targets... 30 records extracted & sanitized
[00:01.42] ✅ STATUS: SUCCEEDED in 1.42s — Compute cost: $0.00078
[00:01.43] 📦 Export ready: [JSON] [CSV] [Excel] [Webhook Sent]

🛡️ 100% Zero-Block & Zero-Proxy Guarantee

• 🟢 Status: Operational & Actively Maintained (Verified daily for October 2026 anti-bot rules).
• ⚡ Smart Session Bypass: Emulates genuine mobile and desktop browser traffic natively at the HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 protocol level (No heavy Chrome, no Cloudflare/Datadome 403 blocks).
• 🚫 Zero Expensive Proxies Needed: Runs effortlessly on standard Apify datacenter proxies or direct requests. Saves you $15/GB compared to bloated headless browser scrapers.

Extract comprehensive startup funding rounds, venture capital investors, founders, valuations, employee counts, and company leads from Crunchbase with zero login cookies required.

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⚡ Test it live in 5 seconds (Zero Setup Required)

1. Click on the [Input] tab above (or hit the green Try for free button).
2. All fields are pre-filled with verified, working examples.
3. Click Start — watch real-time structured data stream into your dataset immediately!

💡 Free Tier Friendly: Runs on ultra-lightweight 256MB micro-containers (~$0.001 per run). Completely free to test with your included monthly Apify credits.

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🌟 Why Use This Crunchbase Scraper?

• Zero-Cookie Autonomous Execution: Unlike older scrapers that fail 70% of the time without browser extension cookie exports, this Actor runs out of the box with zero cookies required.
• Optional Pro Cookie Support: Still accepts your Crunchbase Pro session cookies if you need to unlock contact info.
• Complete Venture Capital Metrics: Total funding raised, rounds count, latest funding round type (Seed, Series A, Series B, Venture, etc.), and lead venture investors.
• Executive & SDR Lead Generation: Founders, headquarters location, employee ranges, website, and social links (LinkedIn, Twitter).
• Ultra-Lightweight & Fast: Runs smoothly on 256MB–512MB RAM containers.

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💰 Transparent Cost Breakdown: What Does 1 Run Cost?

Unlike bloated scrapers that burn through monthly credits in 10 searches, this Actor is engineered for ultra-lightweight 256MB micro-containers:

Metric	Heavy Competitor Scrapers	Fast Scraper (This Actor)
RAM Allocated	2048 MB – 4096 MB	256 MB
Average Run Time	25 – 60 seconds	Sub-second to 2.5 seconds
Compute Cost per Run	~$0.05 per batch	~$0.0008 (Less than 1/10th of a cent)
Apify Free Tier ($5/mo)	~100 runs before credits run out	🔥 Up to 6,000+ runs 100% FREE every month

🎁 Every Apify account includes $5.00 in free compute credits every single month. You can run and test this scraper completely free without entering a credit card or upgrading.

🥊 Why This Scraper Beats the Competition

Feature	Typical Bloated Scrapers	Fast Scraper (This Actor)
RAM Consumption	2048 MB – 4096 MB (Heavy Chrome)	256 MB (Ultra-Lightweight Micro-Engine)
Execution Speed	15 – 45 seconds per run	Sub-second to 3 seconds
Monthly Compute Cost	High ($0.05+ per batch)	~$0.001 (100% Apify Free Tier Friendly)
Anti-Bot Reliability	Frequent 403 blocks & timeouts	Direct Session Emulation & Smart Fallbacks
Setup Friction	Requires cookies, tokens or extensions	0-Setup (Pre-filled & Ready to Run in 1 Click)

📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
queries	array	["Stripe", "OpenAI", "Mistral AI"]	List of company names or startup keywords.
organizationUrls	array	[]	Optional direct Crunchbase organization URLs.
fundingStageFilter	string	"all"	Filter by seed, early_stage_venture, late_stage_venture, ipo, m_and_a.
maxItemsPerQuery	integer	10	Max companies to scrape per query.
cookies	array	[]	Optional cookies from your Crunchbase account.

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📊 Data Preview: Clean Spreadsheet View (Excel & Google Sheets Compatible)

Data Field	Type	Description	Sample Extracted Value
Company Name	string	Structured company name	Official Verified Record
Permalink	string	Structured permalink	Clean data
One-Line Pitch	string	Structured one-line pitch	Clean data
Official Website	string	Structured official website	Clean data
Founded	string	Structured founded	Clean data
Total Funding	string	Structured total funding	Clean data

📤 Output Dataset Example

{
  "name": "Stripe",
  "permalink": "stripe",
  "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stripe",
  "shortDescription": "Financial infrastructure platform for the internet.",
  "description": "Stripe provides payment processing software and application programming interfaces for e-commerce websites and mobile applications.",
  "website": "https://stripe.com",
  "foundedYear": 2010,
  "headquarters": {
    "city": "South San Francisco",
    "state": "California",
    "country": "United States"
  },
  "employeeRange": "5,001 - 10,000",
  "fundingTotalUsd": 8700000000,
  "fundingTotalFormatted": "$8.7B",
  "fundingRoundsCount": 22,
  "lastFundingType": "Late Stage Venture",
  "lastFundingDate": "2024-03-01",
  "investorsCount": 56,
  "leadInvestors": [
    "Sequoia Capital",
    "Andreessen Horowitz",
    "General Catalyst",
    "Founders Fund"
  ],
  "founders": ["Patrick Collison", "John Collison"],
  "categories": ["Fintech", "Payments", "E-Commerce", "SaaS", "Financial Services"],
  "socialProfiles": {
    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/stripe",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/stripe"
  },
  "status": "Active (Private Unicorn)",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-21T18:00:00.000Z"
}

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💻 Developer API Integration (Python & Node.js)

Call this Actor programmatically from your backend, ETL pipelines, or LLM agents in 3 lines of code:

🐍 Python SDK

from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the client with your Apify API token
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

# Run the Actor and wait for completion
run = client.actor("rbbscrap/fast-crunchbase-scraper").call(run_input={
    "queries": ["Stripe","OpenAI","Mistral AI"],
    "organizationUrls": [],
    "fundingStageFilter": "all"
})

# Fetch dataset items directly as Python dictionaries
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(f"Extracted {len(items)} items successfully!")

🟡 Node.js / TypeScript SDK

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('rbbscrap/fast-crunchbase-scraper').call({
    queries: ["Stripe","OpenAI","Mistral AI"],
    organizationUrls: [],
    fundingStageFilter: "all"
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Extracted ${items.length} items successfully!`);

🚀 Integrations

Export data to JSON, CSV, Excel, Google Sheets, or pipe directly to your CRM via Make.com, Zapier, n8n, or the Apify API.

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🎯 3 One-Click Real-World Scenarios

Choose your use case and launch it in 1 click:

• 🎯 Scenario 1: Competitor Intelligence & Price Monitoring — Track shifts, new listings, and price drops every morning.
• 🎯 Scenario 2: High-Volume Lead Generation & Market Research — Extract hundreds of enriched records with verified contacts in minutes.
• 🎯 Scenario 3: AI Agents & LLM RAG Pipeline Feeding — Export clean, structured Markdown or JSON directly into Claude, OpenAI, or LangChain.

👉 Open the Input Form to Launch Your Free Test

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