# Shizune Investors Scraper (`normdata/shizune-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Shizune's 28,000+ startup investor profiles: VC funds and angels with location, website, LinkedIn, X, fund size, investment count, lead rate, round sizes by stage, top industries and countries, team, recent deals and co-investors. Filter by industry, country, type.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/normdata/shizune-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Norm Data](https://apify.com/normdata) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, AI
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 investors

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?

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

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# README

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## 💰 Shizune Investors Scraper - VC Funds & Angel Investors

Extract startup investors from **Shizune.co**, a directory of **28,000+ VC funds and angel investors**. Pick **industries** (91, from SaaS and FinTech to Biotech and Web3), **countries and regions** (153) and **investor type**, or go through the **whole directory**. For each investor you get **location, website, LinkedIn, X and Facebook**, the **number of investments, lead-investor rate and fund size**, **typical round sizes per stage**, **top industries, stages and countries**, the **team** with their titles, the **last 10 deals** (company, round size, stage, date, website) and **frequent co-investors**. Filter by **minimum investments** and **last investment date** to keep only active investors, and run it on a schedule to get **only new investors**.

> 👉 **Try it now:** press **Start**. The ready-made input gives you 10 investors in a few seconds.<br>
> 💰 **$0.013 per investor** on the Free plan (10 investors per run), from $0.012 on paid plans. [See pricing](#-pricing)

### ✨ Why this scraper?

> - **The full public profile in one row**<br>
>   Round sizes per stage, top industries, stages and countries with their counts and shares, team, last 10 deals and co-investors, as clean lists you can filter.
>
> - **Typed data**<br>
>   Amounts in US dollars as numbers (`$1.6M` → `1600000`), percentages as numbers, months as YYYY-MM, deal dates as YYYY-MM-DD.
>
> - **Fast**<br>
>   About 1,000 investors in 25 to 35 seconds, with no proxy needed.
>
> - **Active investors only, if you want**<br>
>   The last-investment filter is checked on every profile.
>
> - **91 industries and 153 countries or regions**<br>
>   To pick from, with **VC funds, angel investors or both**. Each industry and country pair is one Shizune list of up to 50 investors, most active in that industry first.
>
> - **Or the whole directory**<br>
>   Pick no industry or country to go through all 28,000+ profiles.
>
> - **Apify platform**<br>
>   Schedule runs, get only new investors, export to Excel or CSV, use the API, or connect Google Sheets, Zapier and Make.

### 🚀 How to scrape Shizune Investors

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Pick the filters you need, or keep the ready-made input.
3. Click **Start**.
4. Download the investors as Excel, CSV or JSON from the **Output** tab.

### 💰 Pricing

#### How much does it cost to scrape Shizune Investors?

You pay a one-time **$0.003** per run, plus a price for each investor saved:

| Charged for | Free | Bronze | Silver | Gold+ |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Investor**: One investor profile saved to the dataset. | 0.013 | 0.012 | 0.011 | 0.01 |

Example: 1,000 investors cost about **$12** on Bronze. No proxy or compute costs on top.

### 📦 What data you get

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `name` | Investor name (fund or person). |
| `type` | "VC Fund" or "Angel Investor". |
| `fund` | Angels only: the fund or firm they work with, when Shizune knows it. |
| `city` | Home city (null when Shizune only knows the country). |
| `country` | Home country. |
| `description` | Shizune summary of the investor and their own description. |
| `totalInvestments` | Investments Shizune tracks for this investor. |
| `leadInvestorPercent` | Share of those rounds they led, in percent. |
| `fundSizeUsd` | Size of the latest fund in US dollars, when public. |
| `teamMembersTracked` | Team members Shizune tracks at the fund. |
| `contactsAvailable` | Contacts Shizune holds behind its sign-up (count only, the contacts themselves are not public). |
| `industriesTracked`, `stagesTracked`, `countriesTracked` | Number of industries, stages and countries in the portfolio. |
| `relevantDeals` | List rows only: deals in the list industry (the number Shizune ranks the list by). |
| `contactTypesAvailable` | Angels only: kinds of contact Shizune holds (work email, personal phone...). |
| `roundSizes` | Typical round size per stage: { stage, minUsd, maxUsd, text }. |
| `industries`, `stages`, `investmentCountries` | Top 5 industries, stages and countries: { name, investments, sharePercent }. |
| `team` | Up to 5 team members: { name, title, investments, url }. |
| `recentInvestments` | Last 10 deals: { company, description, roundSizeUsd, stage, date, website }. |
| `coInvestors` | Frequent co-investors: { name, type, dealsTogether, url }. |
| `featuredInLists` | Shizune lists that feature this investor. |
| `url` | Shizune profile page. |
| `website`, `linkedin`, `twitter`, `facebook` | Website, LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook links. |
| `fundUrl` | Angels only: Shizune profile of their fund. |
| `listUrl` | List rows only: the Shizune list the investor came from. |
| `lastInvestment`, `lastFund`, `lastUpdated` | Month of the last investment, latest fund and last profile update (YYYY-MM). |
| `scrapedAt` | When this row was saved. |

#### Example row (trimmed)

```json
{
  "name": "Alumni Ventures",
  "type": "VC Fund",
  "city": "Manchester",
  "country": "United States",
  "description": "Alumni Ventures is a VC fund in Manchester focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Alumni Ventures identifies and co-invests in deals alongside various established ...",
  "totalInvestments": 2705,
  "leadInvestorPercent": 4,
  "fundSizeUsd": 90000,
  "teamMembersTracked": 66,
  "contactsAvailable": 5,
  "industriesTracked": 568,
  "stagesTracked": 17,
  "countriesTracked": 36,
  "relevantDeals": 1173,
  "roundSizes": [{ "stage": "Seed", "minUsd": 850000, "maxUsd": 9900000, "text": "$850k–$9.9M" }],
  "industries": [{ "name": "Software", "investments": 472, "sharePercent": 17 }],
  "stages": [{ "name": "Seed", "investments": 853, "sharePercent": 32 }],
  "investmentCountries": [{ "name": "United States", "investments": 1451, "sharePercent": 54 }],
  "team": [{ "name": "Aaron Sandford", "title": "Graphic Designer", "investments": 0, "url": "https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-sandford" }],
  "recentInvestments": [
    { "company": "Molten Salt Solutions", "description": "Molten Salt Solutions develops a technology platform to commercialize molten salt synthesis and purification technology. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico.", "roundSizeUsd": 7000000, "stage": "Seed", "date": "2026-08-31", "website": "http://www.moltensaltsolutions.com" }
  ],
  "coInvestors": [{ "name": "Green D Ventures", "type": "VC Fund", "dealsTogether": 160, "url": "https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-d-ventures-a230" }],
  "featuredInLists": ["All Investors in United States", "All VC Funds in United States", "SaaS Investors"],
  "url": "https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group",
  "website": "http://www.avgfunds.com",
  "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/avgfunds",
  "twitter": "https://twitter.com/avgfunds",
  "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/avgfunds",
  "listUrl": "https://shizune.co/investors/saas-investors-united-states",
  "lastInvestment": "2026-08",
  "lastFund": "2026-08",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-05T20:22:08.156Z"
}
```

### ⚙️ Input

| Section | What it's for |
| --- | --- |
| **Maximum results** | Always first, caps the whole run. Empty means no limit. |
| **What to scrape** | Industries, countries and investor type. |
| **Filters** | Minimum investments and last investment from. |
| **Monitoring** | Only new investors and monitor name. |
| **Links** | Links instead of the fields above. Filters are ignored with links. |

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### ❓ FAQ and troubleshooting

#### Is there a Shizune Investors API? Do I need an API key?

> Shizune Investors has no public data API for this. This Actor works as a Shizune Investors API alternative: it reads the public pages and gives you clean JSON, CSV or Excel, with no API key, no login and no code to maintain. You can also call it from your own code with the Apify API, or from an AI agent through MCP.

#### Why do I get only 10 investors?

> On the Apify free plan each run saves up to 10 results, so you can try it before paying. Any paid plan removes the limit.

#### How many investors can I get?

> Up to 50 per industry and country pair (Shizune's own lists), or all 28,000+ when you pick no industry or country.

#### Why is `fund` empty for most rows?

> It is only for angel investors who work with a fund. VC funds leave it empty.

#### What are `relevantDeals` and `listUrl`?

> For investors read from a list: their number of deals in the list's industry (Shizune ranks the list by it) and the list link. They are empty for profile links and the whole-directory mode.

#### Fewer than 50 investors for a list

> Small industry and country pairs have fewer investors on Shizune. The log shows how many each list has.

#### An investor from another country

> Country lists hold investors **active** in that country, so a US fund investing in Germany is in the Germany list. `country` is where the investor is based.

#### Is this an official Shizune Investors tool?

> No. It is independent and not affiliated with Shizune Investors. It reads only data Shizune Investors publishes on its public pages, at a moderate pace. Use the data in line with Shizune Investors's terms and the laws that apply to you.

### 📧 Contact

Need a scraper for a different site, or found something wrong with this one? norm.data.scrapers@gmail.com

# Actor input Schema

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

Stop after this many investors in total. Leave empty for no limit. The Apify Free plan is always capped at 10.

## `industries` (type: `array`):

Shizune's investor lists for these industries. Each industry and country pair is one list of up to 50 investors.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Investors active in these countries or regions (where they invest, not only where they are based).

## `investorType` (type: `string`):

VC funds, angel investors, or both.

## `minInvestments` (type: `integer`):

Only investors with at least this many investments tracked by Shizune.

## `lastInvestmentFrom` (type: `string`):

Only investors whose most recent investment is in this month or later, like 2025-06 or "12 months" back from today. Keeps out inactive investors.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Skip investors saved by earlier runs with the same monitor name.

## `monitorName` (type: `string`):

Runs with the same name share their history. Use a different name for each schedule.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Shizune investor profile links (https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) or investor list links (https://shizune.co/investors/fintech-angel-investors-chile). Filters are ignored with links.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "industries": [
    "saas"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "united-states"
  ]
}
```

# 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 = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "industries": [
        "saas"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "united-states"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("normdata/shizune-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 = {
    "maxItems": 10,
    "industries": ["saas"],
    "countries": ["united-states"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("normdata/shizune-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 '{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "industries": [
    "saas"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "united-states"
  ]
}' |
apify call normdata/shizune-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,normdata/shizune-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/1Q0Rk2vmnYh5BOB3L/builds/Oygzy4SPhkqjHQ0zB/openapi.json