Build a prospecting list from Y Combinator startups automatically

The system scrapes Y Combinator company and founder data straight into a Google Sheet for you.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each matching company.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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A stepRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Lead Generation & ProspectingSpreadsheet & Database OpsWeb Scraping & Data Collection
Connects
ApifyGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

Building a list of promising startups to reach out to means manually browsing Y Combinator's directory, copying details, and pasting them into a spreadsheet one by one. It is slow, repetitive work that pulls you away from actually selling or investing.

Who it fits

Sales teams, venture capitalists, angel investors, and researchers building startup prospect lists.

How it works

  1. You start the process with your chosen Y Combinator search filters
  2. The system visits the directory and scrapes each matching company's details
  3. It pulls company names, descriptions, websites, and founder information
  4. Every result is added or updated as a new row in your Google Sheet
What you get

Prospect rows added without manual copying

You get a growing list of Y Combinator companies and founders ready for outreach in your spreadsheet.

What you get

An organized Google Sheet of Y Combinator company and founder data, ready for outreach.

What you need

An Apify account and a Google Sheets account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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