# BetaList

> BetaList is a startup-discovery platform founded in 2010 that publishes pre-launch and
> recently launched internet startups to a website and a daily newsletter. It operates a
> small read-only REST API over that directory — startups, regions and markets — at
> https://api.betalist.com/v1. Documentation is a public GitHub gist maintained by
> founder Marc Kohlbrugge and linked from the BetaList support page; access tokens are
> granted case-by-case on request, not self-service.

This file was generated by API Evangelist from publicly reachable BetaList material.
BetaList does not publish an llms.txt of its own (https://betalist.com/llms.txt → 404).

## API

- [BetaList API documentation](https://gist.github.com/marckohlbrugge/5a29bf1ba628bb4ca960): the only API reference BetaList publishes. Base URL https://api.betalist.com/v1.
- [Request an API token](https://marc.typeform.com/to/KOdlOu): the token request form named in the documentation.
- [Support & FAQ — "How do I get access to the BetaList API?"](https://betalist.com/support): access is granted case-by-case; the request must state intended use, use case and estimated request volume.

Documented endpoints (all GET, all requiring `?access_token=`):

- `GET /v1/startups` — list startups. Params: `per_page` (max 100), `page`, `region_id`, `market_id`.
- `GET /v1/startups/{id}` — one startup.
- `GET /v1/regions` — list regions. Params: `per_page` (max 500), `page`.
- `GET /v1/region/{id}` — one region (singular path, as published).
- `GET /v1/markets` — list markets. Params: `per_page` (max 500), `page`. Markets form a directed acyclic graph.

No OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL SDL, MCP server or agent card is published; unauthenticated
calls to the documented routes return 401 and undefined paths return 404.

## Terms of use for API content

- Link back to https://betalist.com/ when displaying content from the API.
- Tell marc@betalist.com before a project built on the API goes public.
- No bulk redistribution (CSV/XML dumps or a re-exposed API).
- No competing startup-discovery platform built on the content without prior approval.

## Profile artifacts

- [Authentication](authentication/betalist-authentication.yml)
- [Conventions](conventions/betalist-conventions.yml)
- [Data model](data-model/betalist-data-model.yml)
- [Lifecycle](lifecycle/betalist-lifecycle.yml)
- [Plans and pricing](plans/betalist-plans-pricing.yml)
- [Rate limits](rate-limits/betalist-rate-limits.yml)
- [Packages](packages/betalist-packages.yml)
- [Conformance](conformance/betalist-conformance.yml)
- [Well-known probe](well-known/betalist-well-known.yml)
- [Domain security](security/betalist-domain-security.yml)

## Site

- [BetaList](https://betalist.com/)
- [Browse startups](https://betalist.com/topics)
- [Submit a startup](https://betalist.com/submit)
- [Submission criteria](https://betalist.com/criteria)
- [Advertise](https://betalist.com/advertise)
- [Newsletter sign-up](https://betalist.com/sign_up)
- [Atom feed](https://betalist.com/startups/feed_original)
- [Terms](https://betalist.com/terms)
- [Privacy](https://betalist.com/privacy)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/betalist)