Does it include other startups?

It includes a similar list with id, name, tagline and link for each. Look any of them up to get its full record.

Do I pay for lookups that come back empty?

No. You are charged per result, so a request that finds nothing costs nothing. Testing this against a messy list is free to get wrong.

What does a request cost?

5 points per successful run, which is $5 per 1,000, and only runs that return data are charged. Points come out of your monthly plan allowance.

Startup & Funding Data

BetaList Startup API and MCP — Tagline, Description, Makers, Topics, Launch Date

Send a startup slug or its BetaList link and get the full listing back as JSON: name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots, the featured date, the makers, the topics it is filed under and a list of similar startups.

Run it in the app Read the API docs

You send: a BetaList startup slug or the link to its page
You get back: name, tagline, description, makers, topics, launch date, screenshots and similar startups
Coverage: BetaList records with a public page.
Price: 5 pts — $5 per 1,000; Charged only when the record resolves. A request that finds nothing is not billed.

Comparison

Ways to get this data

Three approaches teams use today, and where each one runs into trouble.

Approach	What it takes	Cost	Trade-off
BetaList directly	Open the page on BetaList and read it	Free, and slow	Fine for one record, useless across a list, and the layout differs on every platform
Building a scraper	Write it, host it, and repair it when BetaList changes its pages	Engineering time	A maintenance commitment for something that isn't your product
NeuralVerge	One request, the same shape as every other source in the catalog	$5 per 1,000, misses not billed	Returns what BetaList publishes at request time. Other platforms are separate sources with the same request format

Response

What you get back

Every field in the example response below.

Field	Type	Description
`session_id`	string	Id of this run, for tracing.
`kind`	string	Source type of the response.
`startup`	string	The identifier you sent.
`startup_id`	string	The startup slug as BetaList uses it.
`human`	string	Readable summary of the record.
`machine.blocked`	boolean	True if the platform refused the read.
`machine.pages_opened`	number	Pages read for this record.
`total_points`	number	Points charged for the run: 5.
`machine.startup.id`	string	Startup slug.
`machine.startup.alias`	string	Same slug as id.
`machine.startup.name`	string	Startup name.
`machine.startup.url`	string	Link to the startup page on BetaList.
`machine.startup.tagline`	string	One-line description.
`machine.startup.description`	string	Longer description of the product.
`machine.startup.image`	string	Main image link.
`machine.startup.logo`	string	Logo image link.
`machine.startup.screenshots[]`	array	Screenshot image links.
`machine.startup.website_url`	null	Null in the sample; the startup's own site link is not shown for this record.
`machine.startup.visit_url`	string	BetaList's visit link for the startup.
`machine.startup.featured_at`	string	Date the startup was featured (YYYY-MM-DD).
`machine.startup.makers[]`	array	Makers: name and BetaList profile link.
`machine.startup.topics[]`	array	Topics: name and BetaList topic link.
`machine.startup.similar[]`	array	Similar startups, each with id, name, url, alias, tagline and image.

Response

Example response

A real response, as returned.

{
  "session_id": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111",
  "kind": "betalist_startups",
  "startup": "iconscove",
  "startup_id": "iconscove",
  "human": "# BetaList — startup\n\n- **Id:** iconscove\n- **Pages opened:** 1\n- **Proxy traffic:** 72.5 KB\n- **Tagline:** Create on-brand icons from prompts in 50+ styles\n- **Featured:** 2026-07-01",
  "machine": {
    "startup": {
      "id": "iconscove",
      "alias": "iconscove",
      "name": "IconsCove",
      "url": "https://betalist.com/startups/iconscove",
      "tagline": "Create on-brand icons from prompts in 50+ styles",
      "description": "IconsCove generates custom icons from plain-language prompts in over 50 styles and curated color palettes. Describe what you need, pick a style and colors, and get up to four high-res PNGs in seconds.",
      "image": "https://resize.imagekit.co/tie2YyprRxAI57yld9Ac2OXlAh6-7IfO0_vVdN4qOtM/plain/s3://betalist-production/1ngonaa8j106eo0vjjso1xvywzzf",
      "logo": "https://cdn.betalist.com/5hbfbsz1ijdha26hl6jlzbxopdxn",
      "screenshots": [
        "https://resize.imagekit.co/m-atINClz7H70XGpzkqkxaGqU1EbmbhjRxxYnOvfS0I/h:300/dpr:2/bg:ffffff/plain/s3://betalist-production/1ngonaa8j106eo0vjjso1xvywzzf",
        "https://resize.imagekit.co/sz01jNCR-ZiU0s0Z0I43-gfuVg7NDEBxucovpvgQRZo/h:300/dpr:2/bg:ffffff/plain/s3://betalist-production/emn61a97g9hc76oqojh27rs1u4yj"
      ],
      "website_url": null,
      "visit_url": "https://betalist.com/startups/iconscove/visit",
      "featured_at": "2026-07-01",
      "makers": [
        {
          "name": "Mantas",
          "url": "https://betalist.com/@mantasge"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "User Interface Design",
          "url": "https://betalist.com/browse/design-creative/user-interface-design"
        },
        {
          "name": "AI Image Creation",
          "url": "https://betalist.com/browse/ai/ai-image-creation"
        }
      ],
      "similar": [
        {
          "id": "whateverlogo",
          "name": "Whateverlogo",
          "url": "https://betalist.com/startups/whateverlogo",
          "alias": "whateverlogo",
          "tagline": "Upload your logo, type a prompt, get branded images instantly",
          "image": "https://resize.imagekit.co/h7qIrlfidxUfTclQL__4OTnSmfTzwZdySo0NhVG5dZU/s:40:40/dpr:2/plain/s3://betalist-production/eykznsri24n50h6v67cavvmkgl8n"
        },
        {
          "id": "illustro",
          "name": "Illustro",
          "url": "https://betalist.com/startups/illustro",
          "alias": "illustro",
          "tagline": "Turn text into truly-editable illustrations",
          "image": "https://resize.imagekit.co/RrDfsynp-1wA4QEw1g_fq7CPVsn0iAim954cE0oqyj4/s:40:40/dpr:2/plain/s3://betalist-production/9tqi6gm712k8f3ylxasgyyzj2bcx"
        }
      ]
    },
    "blocked": false,
    "pages_opened": 1,
    "proxy_traffic_bytes": 74267
  },
  "total_points": 5
}

Integration

How to run it

The same lookup works from the app, the API, or as a tool an agent can call mid-task.

One record per request. Results come back in the same envelope as every other source: a session id, a readable summary, the structured result and the points charged.

curl -X POST https://api.neuralverge.ai/functions/v1/run-betalist-startups \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startup":"iconscove"}'

Use cases

What teams use it for

Where this field shows up in an actual workflow.

Startup due diligence

Pull the listing, topics and launch date for a startup before a first conversation.

Competitor mapping

Use the similar list to find neighbours of a product and look up each one.

Enriching a prospect list

Add tagline, description and topic tags to startups you already track by slug.

Trend research

Group looked-up startups by topic to see which areas are active.

Coverage & limits

Coverage, freshness and limits

What this source covers, how fresh it is, and where it stops.

Coverage

BetaList records with a public page.

Freshness

Read at request time, so the answer reflects the platform as it stands when you ask.

Handling

This source returns information BetaList shows publicly. Every response carries the session id you can trace.

What it will not do

—Returns what the BetaList page shows. Funding, headcount and revenue are not part of it.
—website_url can be null, as in the sample. The BetaList visit_url is given instead.
—Makers come back as names with BetaList profile links. The page does not add commentary on them.

FAQ

Questions, answered

A BetaList slug such as iconscove, or the link to the startup page.

Related sources

BetaList latest startups

The newest BetaList startups, newest first, each with name, tagline, logo image and BetaList link.

BetaList startup search

Name, tagline, logo image and BetaList link for each startup matching the keyword.

BetaList topic startups

Name, tagline, logo image and BetaList link for the startups filed under that topic.

All startup & funding data

Startup directories, funding databases, launch platforms and investor data.

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