Tiny Startups Scraper

A lightweight Apify actor for scraping company data from the Tiny Startups directory. It's built for developers and marketers who need structured lead lists from this specific source.

Overview

This actor navigates the Tiny Startups website, extracting detailed profiles for companies listed in their directory. It handles pagination and request throttling automatically. You can run it on the Apify platform or via the API.

Find the actor here: https://apify.com/your-username/tiny-startups-scraper?fpr=python_automation

Key Features

• Targeted Scraping: Extracts data specifically from the Tiny Startups directory.
• Structured Output: Returns clean, consistent JSON with key company fields.
• Pagination Handling: Automatically follows "Next" buttons to scrape entire categories or search results.
• Configurable Scope: Allows scraping from a specific category URL, a search results URL, or by using a built-in keyword search.
• Respectful Crawling: Includes delays between requests to avoid overloading the target website.

How to Use

You can run the scraper in three main ways, configured via the startUrls input:

1. Scrape a specific category: Provide the URL of a Tiny Startups category page (e.g., https://tinystartups.com/category/software/).
2. Scrape search results: Provide the URL of a search results page.
3. Perform a keyword search: Use a simple text string (e.g., "marketing automation"). The actor will construct the search URL for you.

Basic Input Configuration

Here’s a minimal input example to run via the Apify API:

{
  "startUrls": ["https://tinystartups.com/category/software/"]
}

To use a keyword search directly:

{
  "startUrls": ["marketing automation"]
}

Running the Actor

• In the Apify Console: Set your inputs in the UI and click "Run".
• Via API: Use a POST request to the actor's run endpoint. Check the Apify API docs for details.

Input/Output

Input

The main input is the startUrls array. Each entry can be:
* A full Tiny Startups category or search URL.
* A plain text string for a keyword search.

Other optional inputs (available in the Apify console) let you adjust the maximum number of pages to scrape and the delay between requests.

Output

The dataset contains items, each representing one scraped company. Each item includes the following fields:

• url: The direct link to the company's profile on Tiny Startups.
• name: The name of the startup/company.
• description: The text description from the profile.
• category: The primary category (e.g., Software, Marketing).
• website: The company's main website URL.
• socialLinks: An object containing links to Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. (if available).
• foundingYear: The year the company was founded (if listed).

The output is available in JSON, CSV, Excel, and other formats directly from the Apify dataset.