🚀 Apify Startup Investors Actor 💼 10,469 Investment firms and their contact information at your fingertips as of December, 2025. > The most comprehensive startup investor database for finding funding, customers, and research opportunities Access detailed investor profiles, funding histories, and investment patterns to accelerate your startup's growth, identify potential customers, and conduct comprehensive market research. Request investment firm's contact information (optional) at the same time you request the firm record. Pay per event pricing. ## 🌟 Why Choose This Actor? ### "Your startup's success starts with finding the right investors" 🚀 The Startup Investors Actor delivers comprehensive access to investor data with these advanced capabilities: Comprehensive Investor Database: Query detailed investor profiles, funding histories, and investment patterns across 10,469+ investors. This includes investors and their contact information at most firms in our database. Advanced Filtering & Search: Powerful search capabilities with filters for investor names, firm types, industries, investment stages, and geographic locations. Structured Data Output: Clean, structured JSON output with comprehensive metadata for easy integration and analysis. Cost-Effective: Pay-per-transaction model with transparent pricing - only pay for the data you actually retrieve. Pay per contact pricing. ## 🚀 Features ### Core Capabilities - Investor Search: Find firm records by name, firm type, or industry focus - Geographic Filtering: Search investors by location, state, or region - Industry Focus: Filter by specific industries and investment preferences ### Data Quality - Clean Output: Structured JSON data with consistent field formatting - Comprehensive Fields: Investor details, firm information, investment history, and contact metadata - Search Metadata: Track search parameters and execution details for audit trails - Database Integration: Direct connection to Supabase for real-time data access - Error Handling: Robust error handling with detailed logging and graceful failure recovery ## 📖 Usage Examples ### Basic Investor Search Search for investors by firm name. json { "Keyword": "Anzu", "Max_Results": 5 } Returns the following: json { "firm_id": 2, "firm_type_id": "VC", "firm_name": "Anzu Partners", "firm_address_1": "999 Peachtree Street NE", "firm_address_2": "Suite 400", "firm_city": "Atlanta", "firm_state": "GA", "firm_country": "United States", "firm_zip": "30309", "firm_phone": "(202) 742-5870", "firm_website": "https://www.anzupartners.com/", "firm_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/anzupartners", "crunchbase_uuid": "fa92a20c-51d7-59d5-c9f4-d7e713030c98", "crunchbase_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/anzu-partner", "twitter_url": "https://twitter.com/anzupartners", "firm_description": "Anzu Partners is an investment firm that focuses on industrial and life science technology companies with the potential to transform their industries. We team with entrepreneurs to develop and commercialize technological innovations by providing capital and deep expertise in business development, market positioning, global connectivity, and operations.", "firm_stages": [], "firm_aum": 0.0, "firm_focus": [], "last_checked": "2025-04-22T17:51:08.568473+00:00", "created_at": "2025-06-12T06:57:11.328236+00:00", "updated_at": "2025-06-12T06:57:11.328236+00:00", "industry_names": [], "search_metadata": { "keyword": "Anzu", "max_results": 100, "order_by": "created_at", "order_direction": "desc", "search_timestamp": "2025-09-05T15:29:07.283046", "total_results_found": 2, "query_execution_time": 6.307878 } } ### Industry-Focused Search Find investors who focus on specific industries like AI or biotech. Specifically search for the first "Artificial Intelligence" investor. json { "Focus_Areas": ["Artificial Intelligence"], "Max_Results": 1 } And this returns the following: json { "firm_id": 11407, "firm_type_id": "AC", "firm_name": "PALM VENTURES", "firm_website": "https://www.palmventures.com", "firm_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/palmventuresco", "crunchbase_uuid": "6c8f9468-b349-8f85-f200-2f613d0ba069", "crunchbase_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/palm-ventures", "firm_description": "PALM VENTURES is an active family office investment company that partners with management teams to build substantial value and create positive social impact. They invest across the spectrum from incubation to growth equity, buyouts, and distressed small public companies.", "firm_stages": [ "Seed", "Late Stage", "Private Equity" ], "firm_aum": 0.0, "firm_focus": [ "Financial Services", "Information Technology", "Consumer Products & Services" ], "last_checked": "2025-06-07T11:34:31.982308+00:00", "created_at": "2025-06-12T07:51:12.827480+00:00", "updated_at": "2025-06-12T07:51:12.827480+00:00", "industry_names": [], "search_metadata": { "focus_areas": [ "Artificial Intelligence" ], "max_results": 1, "order_by": "created_at", "order_direction": "desc", "search_timestamp": "2025-09-05T15:31:46.941141", "total_results_found": 1, "query_execution_time": 5.586141 } } ### Search with Investor Contacts Find investors and include their contact information. When Include_Contacts is enabled, each firm will include an investor_contacts array with all associated investors. json { "Keyword": "Anzu", "Max_Results": 1, "Include_Contacts": true } This returns the firm data with an additional investor_contacts array: json { "firm_id": 2, "firm_type_id": "VC", "firm_name": "Anzu Partners", "firm_website": "https://www.anzupartners.com/", "investor_contacts": [ { "id": 123, "name": "John Doe", "first_name": "John", "last_name": "Doe", "title": "Partner", "email": "john.doe@anzupartners.com", "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe", "location_city": "Atlanta", "location_country": "United States", "headline": "Partner at Anzu Partners", "portfolio_companies": [], "board_seat_companies": [], "education_institutions": [], "roles": [], "stages": [], "areas_of_interest_names": [], "firm_name": "Anzu Partners" } ], "search_metadata": { "firm_types": null, "focus_areas": null, "investment_stages": null, "countries": null, "keyword": "Anzu", "max_results": 1, "order_by": "created_at", "order_direction": "desc", "include_contacts": true, "search_timestamp": "2025-09-05T15:29:07.283046", "total_results_found": 1, "query_execution_time": 6.307878 } } ## 🔍 Input Parameters | Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | Firm_Types | array | ❌ | ["Venture Capital Investor"] | Array of firm types to filter by (see Valid Firm Types table below) | | Focus_Areas | array | ❌ | ["Artificial Intelligence"] | Array of focus areas/industries to filter by (see Valid Industries table below) | | Investment_Stages | array | ❌ | ["Seed", "Series A"] | Array of investment stages to filter by (e.g., 'Seed', 'Series A', 'Growth') | | Countries | array | ❌ | ["United States"] | Array of countries to filter by (e.g., 'United States', 'United Kingdom', 'Canada') | | Keyword | string | ❌ | "" | Optional keyword to search across firm names, descriptions, and other text fields | | Max_Results | integer | ❌ | 100 | Maximum number of results to return (1-10000) | | Order_By | string | ❌ | "created_at" | Field to order results by (created_at, firm_name, firm_country, firm_type_id) | | Order_Direction | string | ❌ | "desc" | Order direction (asc, desc) | | Include_Contacts | boolean | ❌ | false | If enabled, each firm returned will include investor contacts associated with that firm | The actor will validate all input parameters and return relevant investor matches based on your search criteria. ## 🏢 Valid Firm Types Firm Types must be one of the following: |Firm Type Name| |---------| | "Angel Investor" | | "Accelerator" | | "Corporate Venture" | | "Economic Development" | | "Hedge Fund" | | "Incubator" | | "Multi Family Office" | | "Merchant Bank" | | "Other" | | "Private Equity" | | "Real Estate" | | "Single Family Office" | | "Secondary" | | "Startup" | | "Tech Transfer" | | "Venture Capital" | | "Venture Debt" | ## 🏭 Valid Industries (Focus Areas) | Industry ID | Industry Name | Industry Description | |-------------|---------------|---------------------| | 1 | Administrative Services | Companies that are primarily engaged in providing a range of day-to-day office administrative services | | 2 | Advertising | Companies that create and manage the connection between companies, products, and consumers | | 3 | Agriculture and Farming | Companies that encompass all aspects of food production | | 4 | Apps | Companies that build applications | | 5 | Artificial Intelligence | Companies that concern themselves with the simulation of human intelligence in machines | | 6 | Biotechnology | The broad area of biology involving living systems and organisms to develop or make products | | 7 | Blockchain & Cryptocurrency | Companies that relate to decentralized digital currencies or the ledgers on which decentralized financial transactions | | 8 | Clothing and Apparel | Companies that design and sell clothing, footwear, and accessories | | 9 | Commerce and Shopping | Companies involved in the buying and selling of goods by consumers and/or businesses | | 10 | Community and Lifestyle | Companies that are set up and run by its founders primarily with the aim of sustaining a particular level of income | | 11 | Consumer Electronics | Companies that produce electronic equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes | | 12 | Consumer Goods | Companies that relate to items purchased by individuals and households rather than by manufacturers and industries | | 13 | Content and Publishing | Companies that are involved in the creation of and distribution of content | | 14 | Data and Analytics | Companies that analyze raw data in order to make conclusions about that information | | 15 | Design | Companies that influence the experience a user has with all of a company's touch points | | 16 | Education | Companies that provide instruction and training in a wide variety of subjects | | 17 | Energy | Companies who concern themselves with researching and creating new forms of energy | | 18 | Events | Companies that have experience in the intricacies and creativity of throwing memorable corporate events | | 19 | Financial Services | Companies that provide a broad range of businesses that manage money | | 20 | Food and Beverage | Companies involved in processing raw food materials, packaging, and distributing them | | 21 | Gaming | Companies that involve the development, marketing, and monetization of video games | | 22 | Government and Military | Companies that are involved with, make things for, and deal with the government and/or military | | 23 | Hardware | Companies concerned with a physical component of any computer or telecommunications system | | 24 | Health Care | Companies within the economic system that provide goods and services to treat patients with curative, preventive care | | 25 | Information Technology | Companies that deal with computing, including hardware, software, telecommunications and generally anything involved in IT | | 26 | Internet Services | Companies that provide a wide variety of products and services primarily online through their web sites | | 27 | Lending and Investments | Companies that concern themselves with providing debt-based funding to individuals and corporations | | 28 | Manufacturing | Companies that concern themselves with the process of transforming materials or components into finished products | | 29 | Media and Entertainment | A varied collection of companies that share the production, publication, and distribution of media texts | | 30 | Messaging and Telecommunications | Companies that are involved in the transmission of signs, signals, words, messages, etc. | | 31 | Mobile | Companies that are involved in the manufacturing of mobile phones, including mobile phone handsets and apps | | 32 | Music and Audio | Companies that earn money by creating new songs and pieces and selling live concerts and shows, audio and video | | 33 | Natural Resources | Companies that are concerned with what people can use which comes from the natural environment | | 34 | Navigation and Mapping | Companies involved with the processes of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle | | 35 | Other | Used when no specific category applies | | 36 | Payments | Companies in the massive card-processing industry | | 37 | Platforms | Products, services, or technologies that act as a foundation upon which external innovators can build | | 38 | Privacy and Security | Companies that concern themselves with the ability to protect information about personally identifiable information | | 39 | Professional Services | Companies in the tertiary sector of the economy requiring special training in the arts or sciences | | 40 | Real Estate | Companies that encompass the many facets of property including development, appraisal, marketing, selling, leasing | | 41 | Sales and Marketing | Companies that include operations and activities involved in promoting and selling goods or services | | 42 | Science and Engineering | Companies whose main area of focus revolves around the science and/or engineering fields | | 43 | Software | Companies that work on the development, maintenance, and publication of software using different business models | | 44 | Sports | Companies that are involved in producing, facilitating, promoting, or organizing any activity, experience, or business | | 45 | Sustainability | Companies concerned with the creation of manufactured products through economically-sound processes that minimize environmental impact | | 46 | Transportation | Companies that provide services moving people, goods, or the infrastructure to do so | | 47 | Travel and Tourism | Companies who are concerned with people traveling for business or pleasure purposes | | 48 | Video | Companies that primarily concern themselves with producing video content | | 49 | Uncategorized Industry | Used when no reasonable match can be determined from available information | ## 📊 Output Format ### Investor Profile Structure json { "firm_id": 11407, "firm_type_id": "AC", "firm_name": "PALM VENTURES", "firm_website": "https://www.palmventures.com", "firm_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/palmventuresco", "crunchbase_uuid": "6c8f9468-b349-8f85-f200-2f613d0ba069", "crunchbase_url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/palm-ventures", "firm_description": "PALM VENTURES is an active family office investment company that partners with management teams to build substantial value and create positive social impact. They invest across the spectrum from incubation to growth equity, buyouts, and distressed small public companies.", "firm_stages": [ "Seed", "Late Stage", "Private Equity" ], "firm_aum": 0.0, "firm_focus": [ "Financial Services", "Information Technology", "Consumer Products & Services" ], "last_checked": "2025-06-07T11:34:31.982308+00:00", "created_at": "2025-06-12T07:51:12.827480+00:00", "updated_at": "2025-06-12T07:51:12.827480+00:00", "industry_names": [], "search_metadata": { "focus_areas": [ "Artificial Intelligence" ], "max_results": 1, "order_by": "created_at", "order_direction": "desc", "include_contacts": false, "search_timestamp": "2025-09-05T15:31:46.941141", "total_results_found": 1, "query_execution_time": 5.586141 } } Note: When Include_Contacts is set to true, an investor_contacts array will be included in each firm record containing all investor contacts associated with that firm. When Include_Contacts is false or not provided, the investor_contacts field will be omitted from the output. ### Search Result Metadata Each result includes comprehensive search metadata: - Search Parameters: Original search criteria used - Execution Details: Timestamp and query execution time - Result Statistics: Total results found and returned - Database Information: Source and quality indicators ## 📈 Use Cases ### Startup Funding - Find investors aligned with your industry and stage - Research investor portfolios and investment patterns - Identify warm introduction opportunities - Build targeted investor outreach lists ### Service Companies & B2B Sales - Find potential customers in specific industries - Identify decision-makers at portfolio companies - Research market opportunities and trends - Build prospect lists for sales outreach ### Financial Research & Analysis - Conduct market research on investment trends - Analyze investor behavior and preferences - Track funding patterns across industries - Generate investment landscape reports ### Business Development - Identify partnership opportunities - Research competitive landscapes - Find advisors and board members - Build comprehensive market intelligence ## 📞 Support For technical support, feature requests, or questions about the Startup Investors Actor, drop us a line! 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