# TinySeed Scraper (`maximedupre/tinyseed-scraper`) Actor Scrapes TinySeed's portfolio - **URL**: https://apify.com/maximedupre/tinyseed-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Maxime Dupré](https://apify.com/maximedupre) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Developer tools, Automation - **Stats:** 4 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $10.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Find TinySeed portfolio companies to research or contact TinySeed Scraper reads the live TinySeed portfolio so you can spot companies to research or pitch without copy-paste. Start with a small `Company limit`, then collect each company's website, portfolio description, and optional website emails in one run. - ✅ **Live TinySeed coverage** - pulls current company cards from the live TinySeed portfolio page. - ✅ **Descriptions included** - keeps the company description TinySeed shows, not just the URL. - ✅ **Optional email enrichment** - can visit each company website and collect emails in the same run. - ✅ **Shortlist first** - start with a small `Company limit`, then remove the cap when you want the full portfolio. ⚡️ **[TRY IT FOR FREE](https://console.apify.com/actors/dunqv2ljbVsBXVkrK?addFromActorId=dunqv2ljbVsBXVkrK)** --- ### 🏆 Benefits - 🎯 Build a TinySeed company shortlist for research or outreach without manual copy-paste. - 📝 Keep company descriptions alongside company URLs so downstream analysis keeps the right context. - 📬 Add company-site emails in the same run when you need contact paths. - 📈 Start small for validation, then scale to a full portfolio pull when you are ready. --- ### 🚀 Quick start 1. Open the [Input](https://console.apify.com/actors/dunqv2ljbVsBXVkrK/input) tab and set `Company limit` to `10` for a fast trial run. 2. Leave `Scrape emails?` on if you want company-site emails in the same run. 3. Keep `Proxy configuration` on its default setup unless you already know you want a different proxy mode. 4. Run the actor and review the finished dataset in that run, or pull the same company rows through the API. --- ### ⚙️ Features - 🌐 Scrapes the live TinySeed portfolio page instead of relying on a static export. - 🔢 Supports small capped runs for validation and uncapped runs for full portfolio pulls. - 📦 Keeps one structured company entry per saved company for easy export and API use. - 📨 Can enrich company websites for emails during the same run. - 🛡️ Works with Apify proxy settings out of the box. --- ### 📊 Output #### Example ```json { "url": "https://www.gem-logic.com/", "listingUrl": null, "name": "Gem Logic", "tagline": null, "description": "Gem Logic is the all-in-one operating system for jewelers — repairs, sales, stock, CRM, and more, in one sleek hub. Goodbye chaos, hello clarity.", "isPromotedListing": null, "contacts": [], "emails": ["support@gem-logic.com", "info@gem-logic.com"] } ```` #### Params See the full [Output](https://apify.com/maximedupre/tinyseed-scraper/output-schema) tab for the canonical schema. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | `url` | `string` | The company's own website URL. | | `listingUrl` | `null` | Always `null` in emitted results. | | `name` | `string \| null` | Company name from the TinySeed card when available. | | `tagline` | `null` | Always `null` in emitted results. | | `description` | `string` | Company description from the TinySeed portfolio card. | | `isPromotedListing` | `null` | Always `null` in emitted results. | | `contacts` | `array` | Contact objects array. This actor emits `[]`. | | `emails` | `string[]` | Emails found on the company website. | *** ### 🛠️ Input #### Example ```json { "maxNbItemsToScrape": 10, "shouldScrapeEmails": true } ``` #### Params | Field | Type | Description | Default / empty behavior | | -------------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `maxNbItemsToScrape` | `integer` | Optional cap on how many TinySeed companies to process. | Omit it or set `0` to scrape the full portfolio. The Input tab prefills `25` for a bounded starter run. | | `shouldScrapeEmails` | `boolean` | Visits each company website to look for contact emails. | Defaults to `true`. When off, emitted rows still include `emails: []`. | | `proxyConfiguration` | `object` | Proxy settings for loading the TinySeed portfolio page and company websites. | Defaults to the Apify proxy configuration shown in the Input tab. | #### Important - TinySeed is an all-organic portfolio surface, so this actor does not include a promoted-listings toggle. - TinySeed does not expose `listingUrl`, `tagline`, or promoted-listing state, so those output fields stay `null`. - If a TinySeed card does not expose a company title, the actor keeps `name: null` instead of guessing. - Each saved result starts from the TinySeed portfolio card itself. When `Scrape emails?` is on, the actor visits the company website only to try to fill `emails`. *** ### 🔍 Error handling - If the TinySeed portfolio page cannot be loaded, the run logs `Could not load the TinySeed portfolio page` and stops without new dataset rows. - If a company card is missing a website URL or description, that company is skipped and the run continues with the remaining companies. - If a company website cannot be loaded for email discovery, the actor still emits that company with `emails: []` and continues with the remaining companies. - If email enrichment fails after a company row is otherwise valid, the actor still emits that company with an empty `emails` array. *** ### 🆘 Support For issues, questions, or feature requests, [file a ticket](https://console.apify.com/actors/dunqv2ljbVsBXVkrK/issues) and I'll fix or implement it in less than 24h 🫡 *** ### 🔗 Other actors - [Tiny Startups Scraper](https://apify.com/maximedupre/tiny-startups-scraper) for more live startup homepage leads with promoted-listing filtering and clean outbound links. - [Product Hunt Scraper](https://apify.com/maximedupre/product-hunt-scraper) for broader startup and product-launch lead discovery with optional website enrichment. - [Uneed Scraper](https://apify.com/maximedupre/uneed-scraper) for fresh daily tool leads with maker links and optional website emails. - [Website Emails Scraper](https://apify.com/maximedupre/website-emails-scraper) to crawl saved company sites for contact emails one row at a time. - [Twitter Scraper](https://apify.com/maximedupre/twitter-scraper) to find posts about the companies, categories, or problems you care about. - [Reddit Scraper](https://apify.com/maximedupre/reddit-scraper) to track longer research threads and buyer conversations in the same market. *** **Made with ❤️ by Maxime Dupré** # Actor input Schema ## `maxNbItemsToScrape` (type: `integer`): 🔢 Optional limit for how many portfolio companies to scrape. Omit it or set it to 0 to scrape the full portfolio. The Input tab prefills 25 for a bounded starter run, and any other positive integer caps the number of companies. ## `shouldScrapeEmails` (type: `boolean`): 📬 Optional toggle controlling whether to visit each company's own website to find email addresses. Defaults to true. Disable it to skip company website crawling and return empty emails arrays. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): 🌐 Apify proxy settings for loading the TinySeed portfolio page and company websites. ## Actor input object example ```json { "maxNbItemsToScrape": 25, "shouldScrapeEmails": true, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): Dataset of scraped TinySeed companies # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "maxNbItemsToScrape": 25 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("maximedupre/tinyseed-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "maxNbItemsToScrape": 25 } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("maximedupre/tinyseed-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 '{ "maxNbItemsToScrape": 25 }' | apify call maximedupre/tinyseed-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=maximedupre/tinyseed-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "TinySeed Scraper", "description": "Scrapes TinySeed's portfolio", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "A1TDlGBzrnK8H3CVU" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/maximedupre~tinyseed-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-maximedupre-tinyseed-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/maximedupre~tinyseed-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-maximedupre-tinyseed-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/maximedupre~tinyseed-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-maximedupre-tinyseed-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "maxNbItemsToScrape": { "title": "Company limit", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "🔢 Optional limit for how many portfolio companies to scrape. Omit it or set it to 0 to scrape the full portfolio. The Input tab prefills 25 for a bounded starter run, and any other positive integer caps the number of companies.", "default": 0 }, "shouldScrapeEmails": { "title": "Scrape emails?", "type": "boolean", "description": "📬 Optional toggle controlling whether to visit each company's own website to find email addresses. Defaults to true. Disable it to skip company website crawling and return empty emails arrays.", "default": true }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "🌐 Apify proxy settings for loading the TinySeed portfolio page and company websites.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyCountry": "US" } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```