🦄 Venture Capital & Startup News Intelligence Turn noisy tech news into structured Deal Flow data. This Actor monitors top Venture Capital & Startup news sources (TechCrunch, Sifted, VentureBeat, etc.) and uses AI to extract structured intelligence. ## 🚀 Key Features * Batteries Included: No API keys required for you. We handle the OpenAI and Search infrastructure. * Smart Extraction Engine: Uses a hybrid "Scrape-First, Search-Fallback" engine. If a site (like VentureBeat) blocks the scraper, the Actor automatically switches to Brave Search API to recover the data. * Deal Data: Automatically parses Raise Amount (e.g., "$15M"), Round Stage (Series A), and Lead Investors. * Market Intelligence: Classifies startups by Industry Vertical (e.g., Generative AI, Fintech) and Sentiment. * Real-Time Alerts: Optional Discord integration to ping your team the moment a new deal is announced. ## 🛠️ How It Works 1. Select Source: Choose a specific outlet (e.g., TechCrunch, Finsmes) or All for maximum coverage. 2. Set Limits: Define how many new articles to process (default: 10). 3. Start: The Actor handles the scraping, fallback, and AI analysis automatically. ## 📥 Output Data Every run produces a structured JSON dataset. Even if no funding deal is found, you get a high-quality AI summary of the tech news. json { "title": "Startup X Raises $15M Series A", "url": "[https://techcrunch.com/](https://techcrunch.com/)...", "content_type": "Funding News", "deal_size": "$15,000,000", "round_stage": "Series A", "investors": ["Sequoia Capital", "Benchmark"], "industry_vertical": "Fintech", "sentiment": "Positive", "summary": "Startup X, a payment processor for...", "source": "TechCrunch" } ```` ## 💰 Pricing & Costs This Actor uses a transparent **Pay-Per-Analysis** model. * **Apify Compute:** Standard platform usage fees (seconds of run time). * **Analysis Fee:** We charge a small fee (event: `article-summary`) for every article analyzed by our AI. * *Why?* We incur costs for premium proxies, Brave Search API fallbacks, and LLM tokens to ensure you get the highest quality data, even from difficult-to-scrape websites. ## 🔔 Discord Alerts Want real-time deal flow in your Slack/Discord? 1. Create a Webhook in your Discord Channel settings. 2. Paste the URL into the **Discord Webhook** input field. 3. Schedule this Actor to run every hour. ## ❓ FAQ **Q: Do I need an OpenAI API Key?** A: **No.** The Actor uses our internal infrastructure. You just pay per result. **Q: Why do some articles show "Free Record"?** A: If an article is skipped due to deduplication or errors before reaching the AI, you are not charged the analysis fee. **Q: Which sources work best for Deals?** A: **Finsmes**, **PE Hub**, and **StrictlyVC** provide the highest density of structured deal data. **TechCrunch** is excellent but includes general tech news which we also analyze. ### Summary of Changes: 1. Billing: Changed from "Pay-Per-Result" to "Pay-Per-Analysis" to reflect that you charge for article-summary on every AI run. 2. Technology: Added the "Smart Extraction Engine" section to highlight the value of your Brave Search Fallback (justifying the cost to the user). 3. Simplification: Removed mentions of the "Proxy" and clarified that "Batteries are Included" (Developer pays costs, User pays Developer). ```