VentureRadar Similar Companies Finder - Lookalike & Keyword Company Search

Discover lookalike and keyword-ranked companies from VentureRadar. Two search modes: find companies similar to a seed company by name, or search for top-ranked companies matching a keyword or theme. Returns company name, country, founding year, description, sector tags, website, VentureRadar scores, and funding flags. No account or login required.

What does the VentureRadar scraper do?

It uses VentureRadar's internal AJAX APIs — the same ones the site calls in the browser — to fetch company data for each seed or keyword you supply. No login is required for either mode.

Similar mode resolves each company name to a VentureRadar UUID automatically, then fetches the similar companies list. VentureRadar returns up to 6 similar companies per seed — this is a platform restriction, not an actor limit. Set maxItems at or above your expected total (seeds × 6) to avoid truncating results.

Keyword mode fetches the top-ranked companies for each keyword from VentureRadar's company database, returning approximately 32 results per keyword.

What data does it extract?

Each record represents one company result:

Field	Description
seed	The seed value used — company name (similar) or keyword (keyword)
seed_uuid	VentureRadar UUID of the seed company (similar mode only)
mode	similar or keyword
company_name	Company name
company_uuid	VentureRadar unique company identifier
profile_url	URL to the VentureRadar company profile
company_type	Privately Held, Publicly Traded, etc.
founded_year	Year the company was founded
country	Country of headquarters
description	Short company description
website	Company website URL
sectors	Semicolon-separated sector/industry tags
similarity_score	VentureRadar similarity score (similar mode) — higher is more similar
vr_popularity	VentureRadar popularity score (similar mode)
growth_score	VentureRadar growth score (similar mode)
venture_funded	Whether the company has received VC funding
equity_crowd_funded	Whether the company has raised equity crowdfunding
government_grant	Whether the company has received government grants
incubator_backed	Whether the company has been through an incubator
contact_email	Contact email when available (similar mode only)

Sample output: similar mode (seed: Stripe)

{
  "seed": "Stripe",
  "mode": "similar",
  "company_name": "Adyen",
  "company_uuid": "adc15163-e2e8-4053-a022-63e3d66218fc",
  "profile_url": "https://www.ventureradar.com/organisation/Adyen/adc15163-e2e8-4053-a022-63e3d66218fc",
  "company_type": "Publicly Traded",
  "founded_year": 2006,
  "country": "Netherlands",
  "description": "Adyen is at the heart of the fast moving payment revolution...",
  "website": "http://www.adyen.com/",
  "sectors": "Fintech; Payments; E-Commerce; Mobile payments",
  "similarity_score": 817,
  "vr_popularity": 917,
  "growth_score": 700,
  "venture_funded": false,
  "equity_crowd_funded": false,
  "government_grant": false,
  "incubator_backed": false,
  "contact_email": null
}

Sample output: keyword mode (seed: fintech)

{
  "seed": "fintech",
  "mode": "keyword",
  "company_name": "Revolut",
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "founded_year": 2015,
  "sectors": "Fintech; Banking; Payments; Cryptocurrency",
  "company_type": "Privately Held",
  "venture_funded": true
}

How to use it

Parameter	Type	Description
mode	string	"similar" or "keyword" (required)
companyNames	array	Seed company names for similar mode
keywords	array	Keywords for keyword search mode
maxItems	integer	Maximum total records to return (default: 10)

Similar mode: find companies like Stripe and Shopify

{
  "mode": "similar",
  "companyNames": ["Stripe", "Shopify"],
  "maxItems": 50
}

Note: similar mode returns up to 6 results per seed. With 2 seeds, set maxItems to at least 12 to avoid truncation.

Keyword mode: top fintech companies

{
  "mode": "keyword",
  "keywords": ["fintech", "SaaS", "AI"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Use cases

• Competitive intelligence — find direct competitors and lookalike companies for a target company
• Market research — discover companies in a vertical or emerging theme
• Lead generation — build lists of companies in specific sectors with contact emails
• Due diligence — map the competitive landscape around an acquisition target
• Portfolio analysis — find benchmark peers for portfolio companies

FAQ

Why does similar mode return a maximum of 6 companies per seed? This is a VentureRadar platform restriction on their public similar-companies endpoint. It applies to all users of the site, not just this actor.

Do I need a VentureRadar account? No. Both modes read VentureRadar's public endpoints. No account, login, or VentureRadar API key is required.

Can I export results to spreadsheet? Yes. Apify datasets export to JSON, CSV, and Excel via the dataset panel.