# Scrape AI Startups & Generative AI Funding (Crunchbase)

**Use case:** 

Extract AI startups, seed & venture funding rounds, valuation stages, and lead VC investors from Crunchbase.

## Input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "OpenAI",
    "Anthropic",
    "Mistral AI",
    "Cohere",
    "Perplexity AI"
  ],
  "organizationUrls": [],
  "fundingStageFilter": "all",
  "maxItemsPerQuery": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "name": {
    "label": "Company Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "permalink": {
    "label": "Slug",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "shortDescription": {
    "label": "Pitch / Tagline",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "fundingTotalFormatted": {
    "label": "Total Raised",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "lastFundingType": {
    "label": "Last Round",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "lastFundingDate": {
    "label": "Round Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "leadInvestors": {
    "label": "Lead Investors",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "website": {
    "label": "Website",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "foundedYear": {
    "label": "Founded",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "employeeRange": {
    "label": "Employees",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "operatingStatus": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Crunchbase URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Fast Crunchbase Scraper - Funding Rounds, Investors & Companies Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Scrape AI Startups & Generative AI Funding (Crunchbase)". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/lgEocIHF4nmHTyH3V) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Scrape AI Startups & Generative AI Funding (Crunchbase)" task

The Fast Crunchbase Scraper - Funding Rounds, Investors & Companies Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like company names or keywords, direct crunchbase urls, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Scrape AI Startups & Generative AI Funding (Crunchbase)" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as company name, slug, pitch / tagline, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Scrape AI Startups & Generative AI Funding (Crunchbase)" task via API](https://apify.com/rbbscrap/fast-crunchbase-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Fast Crunchbase Scraper - Funding Rounds, Investors & Companies](https://apify.com/rbbscrap/fast-crunchbase-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/rbbscrap/fast-crunchbase-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/rbbscrap/fast-crunchbase-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).