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Fundraising Scraper: TechCrunch, Crunchbase & FinSMEs Tracker — TechCrunch, Crunchbase & FinSMEs | Lagic

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Get a consolidated feed of recent startup funding announcements from top-tier tech news sites.

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Only scrape articles published within this time frame (e.g., 'Last 7 days').

The maximum number of pages the crawler will visit. Default is 20.

Results to deliver

800 credits

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Pricing

8 credits per result
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Sample Data Preview

Company NameFunding Amount (as reported in the article)Funding Round (e.g., Seed, Series A, Grant)Date and Time of Data ExtractionNews Source (TechCrunch, Crunchbase, or FinSMEs)Article Title
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Sample Text...Value...Value...2026-04-05Value...Sample Text...
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Exports as:CSVXLSXJSON

Overview

Tracks fundraising announcements on TechCrunch, Crunchbase, and FinSMEs to deliver a clean list of recently funded companies, including the amount, round, and a link to the news source.

This tool automates the tedious work of monitoring major tech and finance publications for startup funding news. Instead of manually checking TechCrunch, Crunchbase, and FinSMEs every day, you get a single, structured data feed of the latest investment rounds. It's designed for anyone who needs to know which companies just got a fresh injection of cash. ### Who is this for? * **Sales and Business Development Teams:** Identify companies that now have the budget for your products or services. A new funding round is one of the strongest buying signals for B2B sales. * **Venture Capitalists & Angel Investors:** Track deal flow, spot trends, and see which other funds are active in your space. Keep an eye on companies you might have missed. * **Marketing & PR Agencies:** Find new clients who are ready to invest in growth and need to scale their marketing efforts. * **Financial Consultants & M&A Advisors:** Monitor market activity and identify companies reaching new stages of maturity. * **Journalists & Researchers:** Source stories and gather data on investment trends without having to sift through dozens of articles manually. The output is a simple, clean table providing the company name, the funding amount reported, the investment round (e.g., Seed, Series A), and a direct link to the source article for verification and further research.

Key Capabilities

  • ✓ Company Name
  • ✓ Funding Amount (as reported in the article)
  • ✓ Funding Round (e.g., Seed, Series A, Grant)
  • ✓ Date and Time of Data Extraction
  • ✓ News Source (TechCrunch, Crunchbase, or FinSMEs)
  • ✓ Article Title
  • ✓ Direct URL to the Source Article
  • ✓ A marketing agency can run this tool weekly to generate a lead list of companies with new budgets for advertising and PR services.
  • ✓ A VC analyst can monitor daily funding announcements to track competitor investments and identify emerging trends.
  • ✓ A SaaS sales team can use the feed to identify startups that are likely to be scaling their software stack.
  • ✓ A freelance recruiter can find high-growth companies that will soon be looking to hire new talent.
  • ✓ A financial journalist can aggregate data for a report on quarterly investment trends in a specific sector.
  • ✓ An M&A advisory firm can spot companies hitting financial milestones that might make them targets for acquisition.

Field Dictionary

How To Run This Extractor

1

Select the time frame for how far back you want to look for articles (e.g., Last 7 days).

2

Choose the maximum number of pages you want the tool to visit across the news sites.

3

Click 'Run' to start the data extraction.

4

Once the run is complete, preview and download your list of funded companies.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need any technical skills to use this?
No, you only need to select a time range from a dropdown and decide how many pages to scrape. No coding is required.
In what formats can I get the data?
Is it legal to scrape fundraising announcements?
Does this tool pull the entire history of these sites?
Can I scrape just one source, like only TechCrunch?
How is the funding amount formatted?
How fresh is the data?
Can I schedule this to run automatically?
Is the output suitable for client work?
How predictable is the cost?