# Crunchbase Company Scraper — Profiles, Funding & Investors (`bovi/crunchbase-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Crunchbase company profiles: name, description, categories, founding date, headquarters, headcount, website, total funding, funding rounds, investors, and more. Uses the official Crunchbase REST API v4 — structured, reliable data. Free API key required (data.crunchbase.com). Pay per result.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bovi/crunchbase-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vitalii Bondarev](https://apify.com/bovi) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 13 total users, 4 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $8.73 / 1,000 company records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

### Crunchbase Company Scraper — Profiles, Funding & Investors

Used by VC analysts building deal sourcing pipelines, growth teams enriching prospect lists with funding signals, and AI agents doing investor research mid-conversation.

Scrape Crunchbase company profiles with funding round count, investor count, headcount range, categories, website, HQ location, social links, and Crunchbase's own **growth & heat momentum scores** — **no API key or login required**. Provide company slugs or search keywords and get clean JSON output instantly.

**$9.00 per 1,000 company records** (Pay Per Event) — clean, flat output that undercuts the heavier raw-dump scrapers.

***

### What You Get

Each record contains these fields:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `name` | Company display name |
| `permalink` | Crunchbase slug (URL-safe ID) |
| `short_description` | One-line company description |
| `categories` | Industry category names (list) |
| `headquarters` | City, Region, Country |
| `num_employees` | Headcount band (e.g. `c_05001_10000`, `10001+`) |
| `website` | Company homepage URL |
| `contact_email` · `contact_phone` | Primary public contact email & phone |
| `num_contacts` · `num_contact_emails` · `num_contact_phones` | Contacts-on-file counts |
| `web_visits_monthly` · `web_visits_mom_pct` | SEMrush monthly web traffic + MoM change |
| `num_technologies` | BuiltWith count of technologies used |
| `num_funding_rounds` | Count of all funding rounds |
| `last_funding_type` | Most recent round type (e.g. `series_c`, `seed`, `secondary_market`) |
| `investor_count` · `num_investments` | Distinct investors · investments made |
| `legal_name` · `stock_symbol` | Registered legal name · public ticker |
| `growth_score` | Crunchbase growth score (0–100 momentum) |
| `heat_score` | Crunchbase heat score (0–100 trending intensity) |
| `rank_org_company` | Global Crunchbase company rank (lower = bigger) |
| `company_type` | `for_profit` / `non_profit` |
| `ipo_status` | `private` / `public` / `delisted` |
| `num_acquisitions` | Count of acquisitions made |
| `linkedin_url` · `facebook_url` · `twitter_url` | Company social profiles |
| `founded_on` · `total_funding_usd` · `last_funding_at` | Populated when Crunchbase exposes them publicly; `null` for profiles where these are login-gated |
| `url` | Full Crunchbase profile URL |
| `scraped_at` | ISO timestamp of this run |
| `parse_confidence` | 0.0–1.0 data quality score |
| `warnings` | Machine-readable quality flags |

***

### Input

#### Organization Slugs (direct lookup — recommended)

Fetch specific companies by their Crunchbase permalink (the slug in the URL `crunchbase.com/organization/<slug>`):

```json
{
  "organizationSlugs": ["airbnb", "stripe", "openai", "anthropic"]
}
```

#### Search Queries

Find companies by keyword:

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["generative AI startup", "fintech payments"],
  "maxSearchResults": 25
}
```

**No API key, no login, no proxy configuration needed.** Just add the slugs and run.

***

### Use Cases

- **VC sourcing** — enrich a list of portfolio-company slugs with funding totals, round count, investors, and categories in bulk
- **Sales intelligence** — qualify leads by funding stage, headcount, and category before outreach
- **Competitive research** — profile every competitor by funding, HQ, employee band, and industry categories
- **AI agent tools** — mid-conversation lookups: "How much has Anthropic raised?", "Get all Series A AI startups"

***

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

Point your MCP client at this tool for real-time Crunchbase lookups mid-conversation:

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

Minimal agent input (direct slug lookup):

```json
{
  "organizationSlugs": ["anthropic", "openai", "stripe"]
}
```

No API key needed from the caller — just slugs.

***

### Sample Output

```json
{
  "name": "Stripe",
  "permalink": "stripe",
  "short_description": "Stripe is a financial technology company that provides online payment processing and payment infrastructure.",
  "categories": ["B2B", "Financial Services", "FinTech", "Payments", "Mobile Payments"],
  "headquarters": "South San Francisco, California, United States",
  "num_employees": "c_05001_10000",
  "website": "https://stripe.com",
  "contact_email": "dpo@stripe.com",
  "contact_phone": "+1 888 926 2289",
  "num_contacts": 4741,
  "web_visits_monthly": 192623772,
  "num_technologies": 72,
  "last_funding_type": "secondary_market",
  "num_funding_rounds": 23,
  "investor_count": 68,
  "num_investments": 95,
  "num_acquisitions": 21,
  "growth_score": 99,
  "heat_score": 77,
  "rank_org_company": 76,
  "company_type": "for_profit",
  "ipo_status": "private",
  "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/stripe",
  "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stripe",
  "parse_confidence": 1.0
}
```

> Note: `founded_on`, `total_funding_usd` and `last_funding_at` are returned when Crunchbase exposes them publicly; for profiles where these are login-gated they come back `null` (the values are not available to any logged-out scraper).

### Run status

The actor stores a run-level `RUN_STATUS` key containing per-outcome counts and `coverageComplete`.

Outcome codes:

- `ok` — the protected target was fetched and parsed successfully
- `challenge_page` — a challenge page was returned instead of the protected target
- `auth_or_proxy_error` — authentication or proxy access prevented access to the protected target
- `fallback_unavailable` — the fallback path was not available
- `fallback_exhausted` — fallback attempts ended without obtaining the protected target
- `transport_error` — a network or other transport failure prevented completion

`coverageComplete` is `true` when every requested target has a recorded outcome, including non-success outcomes; otherwise it is `false`.

***

### Pricing

**Pay-per-result (PPE)** — one charge per company profile returned. Every profile includes the full field set: contacts (email/phone), web-traffic, tech count, funding rounds, investors, growth/heat scores and social links.

- 100 profiles = a few cents
- 1,000 profiles = the per-1K rate shown on the pricing tab

No subscription, no API key, no per-field upcharge — every record is the complete profile.

***

### vs other Crunchbase scrapers

| | This actor | pratikdani/crunchbase-companies | vulnv/crunchbase-scraper-pro | davidsharadbhatt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Output style | **clean flat fields** | 98 raw nested objects | 97 flat fields | bulk CSV |
| Usable without post-processing | ✅ | ❌ (raw dump) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Contact email + phone | ✅ | nested | ✅ | partial |
| Web traffic + tech count | ✅ | nested | ✅ | ❌ |
| Growth / heat momentum scores | ✅ | nested | ✅ | ❌ |
| Targeted single-company lookup | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ (min 1,000) |
| `parse_confidence` quality flag | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Store rating | new | ⭐1.5 | ⭐5 | ⭐4.8 |

The market leader by volume returns a 98-field **raw dump** that buyers must flatten themselves (hence its low rating). This actor returns the same depth as **clean, flat, ready-to-use** columns.

### FAQ

**Do I need an API key or login?** No. Provide company slugs (e.g. `stripe`, `airbnb`) and run — no Crunchbase account, no proxy config.

**Why is `total_funding_usd` sometimes null?** Crunchbase gates the exact total-funding figure behind login for many companies. We return it when it's public; otherwise it's `null` — no logged-out scraper can read it. Funding-round **count**, last-round **type**, and **investor count** are always returned.

**What's the difference vs the high-volume competitor?** That actor dumps ~98 raw nested Crunchbase objects you have to parse yourself. This actor flattens the same data into clean, documented columns plus contact email/phone and web-traffic — ready for your CRM or sheet.

**Is this affiliated with Crunchbase?** No — independent tool, public data only.

***

### What `parse_confidence` Means

- **1.0** — all key fields present
- **0.8–0.9** — minor optional fields missing (normal for early-stage companies)
- **< 0.7** — critical fields missing; inspect `warnings` for details

Common warning codes:

- `name_missing` — no company name found
- `short_description_missing` — no description (common for very new companies)
- `permalink_missing` — slug not returned

***

### Integrations

Built for VC analysts and growth teams building deal-sourcing pipelines with startup funding history and investor signals — the JSON/dataset output drops into the tools you already run:

- **n8n / Make / Zapier** — trigger a run or pipe every new dataset item into Google Sheets, Airtable, Slack, HubSpot, or your database: [n8n](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/n8n), [Make](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/make), [Zapier](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/zapier).
- **Webhooks** — fire your own endpoint the moment a run finishes ([docs](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/webhooks)).
- **MCP server** — expose this actor as a tool to Claude, Cursor, or any [MCP client](https://mcp.apify.com).
- **API & SDKs** — fetch the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel through the Apify REST API or the Python / JS SDKs.

See all [Apify integrations](https://apify.com/integrations).

***

*Not affiliated with Crunchbase. Crunchbase is a trademark of Crunchbase Inc.*

### More scrapers from our toolkit

Building a data pipeline? These actors pair well with this one — each runs on your own Apify account with the same pay-per-result pricing, no subscription:

- [Companies France](https://apify.com/bovi/companies-france)
- [Companies House UK Scraper](https://apify.com/bovi/companies-house-uk)
- [Seeking Alpha Scraper](https://apify.com/bovi/seeking-alpha-scraper)
- [Transfermarkt Scraper](https://apify.com/bovi/transfermarkt-scraper)
- [Unusual Options Activity](https://apify.com/bovi/unusual-options-activity)
- [Yahoo Finance Scraper](https://apify.com/bovi/yahoo-finance-scraper)

Chain any of them together from the **Integrations** tab (the *Run succeeded* trigger) to build a multi-step workflow — one actor's output feeds the next.

### Usage statistics

This Actor creates a small, content-free summary at the end of each run. It is used only to monitor reliability and improve this Actor. A copy is saved as `USAGE_STATS` in your own Apify key-value store, so you can see the exact record created for your run.

Set `disableUsageStats` to `true` in the input to opt out. Nothing is sent then; your `USAGE_STATS` record only says that statistics were disabled.

Only these fields are recorded:

- schema version, Actor name and build number;
- UTC start and finish hour (not a precise timestamp);
- run duration, number of results and time to the first result, each as a coarse range;
- whether the result was empty, the end status, and an error type from a fixed list;
- memory setting and counts of charged events;
- names of the input fields you set, never their values;
- the selected option for input fields that offer a fixed list of choices (for example a sort order).

We do not collect input text, search terms, URLs, domains, usernames, email addresses, names, proxy credentials, tokens, scraped records, output items, raw error messages, stack traces, or hashes of any of those values. Records are kept for no longer than 13 months, used only as aggregated operational statistics, and never sold or shared.

#### Additional fields (Phase 2)

This Actor also records your Apify user ID, whether Apify marks the account as paying, the size range of list inputs, the selected country when the input offers a fixed list of countries, and one category from a fixed Actor taxonomy. We use these fields only for aggregate reliability, repeat-use and cross-Actor analysis; reports suppress any cell with fewer than five distinct users.

The same `disableUsageStats: true` input flag turns these fields off too. The user ID is removed after 13 months; we do not export, sell, share, or attempt to re-identify this data.

#### Run-outcome signals (v2)

To learn whether a run did what it was asked to do, the record also holds a few more coarse ranges and yes/no flags. None of them contains content:

- the result limit you asked for (a range, when the input has one) and what share of it was delivered;
- results delivered per input item you listed (a range);
- output quality as ranges: how fully the result fields were filled, the share of rows that look like errors, the share of duplicate rows, and how many different fields appeared. These are counted in memory while results are saved; no result content is kept;
- how the run was started (console, API, schedule, webhook, another Actor);
- how it ended: stopped by you, timed out, reached the requested limit, stopped by the charge limit, and how many times the platform moved the run;
- if this Actor reports it: how many items to process worked or failed (ranges) and one failure reason from a fixed list;
- a short code made from the names of the input fields you set, never their values.

#### Repeat-run fingerprint (v2)

When your Apify user ID is recorded (see above), the record also holds an 8-character one-way code made from your input (proxy settings left out) and this Actor's name. It only lets us see that the same account ran the same input again soon after an unsatisfying run; we never see the input itself. It is stored only in the database, never published, and reports use it in aggregate with the same five-user minimum. It is the one exception to the statement above that no hashes are collected, and `disableUsageStats: true` turns it off.

# Actor input Schema

## `organizationSlugs` (type: `array`):

Crunchbase organization slugs to fetch directly — the path segment from crunchbase.com/organization/<slug>. Examples: airbnb, stripe, openai, anthropic. Each slug resolves to exactly one company profile. Use this for known companies; use searchQueries for discovery.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keyword search queries to find organizations by name. Examples: 'fintech startup', 'AI platform'. Each query returns up to maxSearchResults results (best-effort autocomplete — for guaranteed results use organizationSlugs).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total company records to return across all slugs and queries. 0 = no limit. Default 50.

## `includeCategories` (type: `boolean`):

Include the company's industry categories list in the output. Default true.

## `maxSearchResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum results to fetch per search query. Default 25.

## `disableUsageStats` (type: `boolean`):

See the README Usage statistics section for details.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "organizationSlugs": [
    "airbnb"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxItems": 1,
  "includeCategories": true,
  "maxSearchResults": 1,
  "disableUsageStats": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset containing Crunchbase Scraper records (name, headquarters, categories, num_employees, contact_email, contact_phone, web_visits_monthly, num_technologies, growth_score, heat_score, num_funding_rounds, investor_count, ipo_status, website, linkedin_url, url, parse_confidence).

# 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 = {
    "organizationSlugs": [
        "airbnb"
    ],
    "searchQueries": [],
    "maxItems": 1,
    "includeCategories": true,
    "maxSearchResults": 1
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bovi/crunchbase-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 = {
    "organizationSlugs": ["airbnb"],
    "searchQueries": [],
    "maxItems": 1,
    "includeCategories": True,
    "maxSearchResults": 1,
}

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "organizationSlugs": [
    "airbnb"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxItems": 1,
  "includeCategories": true,
  "maxSearchResults": 1
}' |
apify call bovi/crunchbase-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bovi/crunchbase-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/WhhASNm2lnyo7FFig/builds/qL8ZhKDelZw8iD6pt/openapi.json