Fundraising Scraper: Startup Funding Rounds Tracker

Track recent startup funding round announcements and export clean funded-company rows for lead generation, market research, investor mapping, and CRM enrichment. The Actor returns company names, announcement dates, funding amounts, parsed USD amounts, round stages, investors, categories, and regions when those details appear in public funding news.

What does this Fundraising Scraper do?

This Actor monitors public startup funding news feeds and converts funding announcements into structured records. It is designed for repeat workflows where fresh capital is the buying signal: sales teams looking for newly funded accounts, recruiters watching hiring windows, agencies building prospect lists, and investors tracking active sectors.

The Actor extracts:

Field	Meaning
companyName	Startup or company named in the funding announcement
announcementDate	Publication date of the announcement
fundingAmount	Funding amount as published, such as $130M
fundingAmountUsd	Parsed USD amount when the announcement uses USD
fundingRound	Round stage such as Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Grant, or Debt
leadInvestors	Investors named as leading or co-leading the round
participatingInvestors	Other named backers or participants
companyCategory	Buyer-facing category or sector tag
region	Detected location, country, or market when present

The public dataset does not include raw source URLs, source names, scrape timestamps, debug notes, or confidence fields. Operational details are stored in RUN_SUMMARY so downstream users get a clean table.

Why use this Actor?

Funding announcements are time-sensitive. A company that just raised a Seed, Series A, or growth round may be hiring, expanding sales, buying infrastructure, or choosing vendors. Manually checking funding news every day is slow and easy to miss; this Actor gives you a scheduled, exportable feed of recent funded companies.

Use it to:

• Build CRM lists of recently funded companies.
• Track investors and sectors that are active this week.
• Find companies likely to expand headcount or vendor spend.
• Monitor startup funding momentum by category or market.
• Feed downstream enrichment, outreach, or reporting pipelines.

How is it different from a raw funding news scraper?

The Actor is intentionally shaped as a funded-company tracker, not a raw article exporter. It filters for funding language, deduplicates announcements, parses round and investor signals, and keeps output fields focused on the buyer decision. Rows are suitable for CSV export, API use, scheduled monitoring, or enrichment pipelines.

It does not try to expose every article field. If a public article does not name a lead investor, participating investors, or region, the Actor leaves that part empty instead of guessing.

How do I run it?

1. Choose a dateRange, such as last_7_days.
2. Optionally add stages such as Seed, Series A, or Series B.
3. Optionally set minFundingAmount in USD.
4. Run the Actor and export the default dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, or through the Apify API.

Example input:

{
  "dateRange": "last_90_days",
  "stages": ["Seed", "Series A", "Series B", "Series C", "Growth"],
  "minFundingAmount": 10000000,
  "maxResults": 50
}

What input does it accept?

Input	Type	Required	Description
dateRange	string	yes	Recency window: today, last_3_days, last_7_days, last_30_days, last_90_days, last_180_days, or last_365_days.
stages	string array	no	Funding stages to keep from the dropdown, such as Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Grant, Debt, or Undisclosed.
minFundingAmount	integer	no	Minimum parsed USD amount. Non-USD or undisclosed amounts are kept only when this is empty.
maxResults	integer	no	Maximum returned rows after filters and deduplication. Default: 50.
datasetId	string	no	Existing Apify dataset ID for appending rows in addition to the default dataset.
runId	string	no	External workflow ID stored in RUN_SUMMARY for pipeline tracking.

What data does it return?

Example output row:

{
  "companyName": "Prime Intellect",
  "announcementDate": "2026-07-08",
  "fundingAmount": "$130M",
  "fundingAmountUsd": 130000000,
  "fundingRound": "Series A",
  "leadInvestors": ["Radical Ventures"],
  "participatingInvestors": [],
  "companyCategory": "AI",
  "region": "United States"
}

Investor fields are arrays because rounds can be led or backed by multiple firms. If the article only says that unnamed investors participated, the Actor does not invent names.

How can I integrate it?

Run the Actor through the Apify API and fetch dataset items:

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/trovevault~startup-funding-rounds-tracker/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "dateRange": "last_7_days",
    "stages": ["Seed", "Series A", "Series B"],
    "maxResults": 25
  }'

For scheduled monitoring, run the Actor daily with dateRange set to today or weekly with last_7_days. Use Apify integrations, webhooks, or MCP-enabled workflows to send the resulting dataset into your CRM, spreadsheet, warehouse, or internal alerting system.

If you already have a target dataset, provide datasetId. The Actor writes to its default dataset and appends the same rows to the provided dataset.

Limitations

This Actor reads public funding news surfaces. It cannot extract details that are not published in the accessible article text, and it does not claim complete coverage of every global startup funding round.

Current limitations:

• Non-USD amounts are returned as published, but fundingAmountUsd is only filled when the amount is stated in USD.
• Investor parsing depends on wording such as led by, co-led by, participation from, or backers included.
• fundingRound is set to Undisclosed and region is set to Not disclosed when the article does not publish those details clearly.
• Some funding news is broad market analysis rather than one clean company announcement; the Actor filters these conservatively.
• Public sources can change feed format or temporarily block automated access.
• The Actor is not legal, investment, or financial advice.

Troubleshooting

Issue	Likely cause	Solution
No rows returned	Filters are too narrow or no recent announcements match the selected window	Use last_30_days, remove stage filters, or remove minFundingAmount for a broader run
Missing investors	The article did not name lead or participating investors in parseable wording	Keep the row for company and round tracking, or enrich the company separately
Missing USD amount	The article used a non-USD amount, undisclosed amount, or valuation-only wording	Remove minFundingAmount if you want to keep non-USD and undisclosed rounds
Too many broad market rows	The date range includes analysis articles with multiple companies	Add specific stages or a higher minFundingAmount
A source fails internally	A public feed changed or blocked the request	Check RUN_SUMMARY; successful feeds can still produce rows

FAQ

Can I schedule this Actor?

Yes. A daily schedule with dateRange set to today is useful for fresh lead alerts. A weekly schedule with last_7_days is better for CRM batch updates.

Does it include source URLs?

No. The dataset is designed as a clean funded-company table. Source diagnostics stay in RUN_SUMMARY; public rows focus on the business fields users act on.

Does it guarantee every funding round?

No. It tracks accessible public funding news and extracts rows when the announcement text contains enough structure. For complete financial databases, use this Actor as a lead-generation and monitoring layer, not as an audited market database.

Can I filter by investor?

The v1 Actor returns lead and participating investors when detected. Investor-name filtering can be added later if the output proves useful in live runs.

Can I use it with MCP or other agents?

Yes. Apify Actors can be called from agent workflows, and this Actor returns predictable dataset fields suitable for lead routing, enrichment, or alert generation.

Is the data safe for outreach?

Use the dataset as a starting point. Funding news is public, but outreach compliance depends on your jurisdiction, channel, CRM data, and consent rules.

Changelog

• 0.1 - Initial TroveVault build with date/stage/minimum amount filters, investor extraction, optional dataset integration, and clean funded-company output.