# Crunchbase Company Scraper — Search Results (`darknezz/crunchbase-company-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Crunchbase company search results: company name, description, location, website, employee count, funding total, industry and last funding date as clean JSON. No API key, login or proxy required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/darknezz/crunchbase-company-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Oaida Adrian](https://apify.com/darknezz) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Crunchbase Company Scraper — Search Results

Scrape **Crunchbase company search results for any keyword** and get every company as clean, structured JSON — name, description, location, website, employee count, funding total, industry and last funding date. No API key, no login, no proxy required.

Built for investors, recruiters, sales teams and market researchers who need a fresh company list for a sector.

### Why this Actor

- **No account, no API key, no proxy budget** — reads the public Crunchbase search pages directly with browser-grade TLS.
- **Funding signals included** — funding total and last funding date on every row, the two numbers investors look at first.
- **Company context** — description, location, website and employee count make rows usable without cross-referencing.
- **Multi-keyword support** — scan whole sectors (e.g. "fintech startups", "AI companies") in one run.
- **Pay per result** — a small fee per company scraped; a 100-company run costs a fraction of a cent.

### How it works

For each keyword the Actor requests the Crunchbase company search page, parses the embedded result list, and outputs **one dataset item per company** — about 25 companies per page, paging automatically up to `maxCompaniesPerKeyword`.

### Input

```json
{
  "keywords": ["fintech startups", "AI companies"],
  "maxCompaniesPerKeyword": 10
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | array | Search terms — **required** |
| `maxCompaniesPerKeyword` | integer | Companies to scrape per keyword (default 10, max 500) |

### Output (one item per company)

```json
{
  "keyword": "fintech startups",
  "companyName": "Example Fintech Inc.",
  "description": "Digital payments platform for SMBs...",
  "location": "San Francisco, California, US",
  "website": "https://example.com",
  "employeeCount": "11-50",
  "industry": "Financial Services",
  "fundingTotal": "$40,000,000",
  "lastFundingDate": "2025-11-02",
  "companyUrl": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/example-fintech"
}
```

### Use cases

- 💼 **Sales prospecting** — build a targeted list of companies in a sector with website and size filters.
- 💰 **Investor research** — scan a sector for funded companies and their latest funding rounds.
- 🎯 **Recruiting** — find companies by industry and size band for outreach or acquisition.
- 📊 **Market mapping** — capture the shape of a niche: who's in it, where they are, how well-funded.
- 🤖 **Lead enrichment** — merge the output with your CRM to keep prospect data fresh.

### Run it from the API

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/darknezz~crunchbase-company-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords":["fintech startups"],"maxCompaniesPerKeyword":50}'
```

**Scheduling:** attach an Apify Schedule (e.g. monthly) to track how a sector's company set changes over time.

### Pricing

Pay per event: a small fee for each company scraped, plus Apify's standard platform events (actor start + dataset item). No subscription — you pay only for what you run.

### FAQ

**Do I need a Crunchbase account or API key?** No. The Actor reads the public search pages directly; nothing to authenticate.

**Why is `employeeCount` a range?** Crunchbase displays employee count as a band (e.g. "11-50") on search results; the Actor returns it as shown.

**How accurate is `fundingTotal`?** It is parsed from Crunchbase's displayed figures on the search page — treat it as a ballpark, not an audited statement.

**How many companies can I get?** Up to `maxCompaniesPerKeyword` (max 500 per keyword). Crunchbase pages carry ~25 companies each and the Actor pages through automatically.

**Is scraping this legal?** Search results are public and unauthenticated. You are responsible for complying with Crunchbase's terms and applicable laws for how you use the data.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Search keywords, one per line (e.g. 'fintech startups', 'AI companies'). Each keyword is searched on crunchbase.com.

## `maxCompaniesPerKeyword` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of companies to scrape per keyword (about 25 per page).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "fintech startups",
    "AI companies"
  ],
  "maxCompaniesPerKeyword": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "fintech startups",
        "AI companies"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("darknezz/crunchbase-company-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "keywords": [
        "fintech startups",
        "AI companies",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("darknezz/crunchbase-company-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "fintech startups",
    "AI companies"
  ]
}' |
apify call darknezz/crunchbase-company-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=darknezz/crunchbase-company-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/4258mFHWrwvVgsxfl/builds/JMIKMCcZ53NYcddS3/openapi.json