Find LinkedIn Emails with Prospeo: Complete 2025 Guide

You scroll through your CRM, you go on LinkedIn, you see THE perfect profile. VP Sales in your target, company matching your ICP, ideal seniority level. You click on "Contact info"... and there, it's the drama: either nothing, or a generic email like [email protected] that will end up in a collective mailbox that nobody reads.

Frustrating, right? I've lived through this dozens of times. Spending hours building a prospect list on Sales Navigator only to find myself without a way to contact them directly.

After testing 12+ LinkedIn email extraction tools, I found a method that really works. In this article, I'll show you how to use Prospeo to extract valid emails on LinkedIn with a 98% deliverability rate.

No bullshit, just the exact workflow I use daily.

Why classic methods to find LinkedIn emails don't work anymore

Before showing you how to do it with Prospeo, let's talk about why "old school" methods are a waste of time.

Manual search: 3 minutes per profile for 70% failure

The classic reflex: you go to the LinkedIn profile, click on "Contact info", and hope to find an email.

What happens in reality:

- 60% of profiles display no email

- 25% display a generic email (info@, contact@, hello@)

- 10% display a personal email (Gmail, personal Outlook)

- Only 5% display a valid professional email

Average time per profile: 2-3 minutes.

Success rate: 5%.

You do the math: for 100 prospects, you spend 4h to get 5 valid emails. It's just not viable.

The "guess the email" method: pure chance

You've probably done this already: you take the name, first name, company domain, and test patterns:

- [email protected]

- [email protected]

- [email protected]

- [email protected]

The problem: You can spend 30 minutes testing patterns only to realize the company uses a completely different format (like initials + number).

Even worse: even if you find the right pattern, the email can be invalid (person who left the company, internal forwarding email, etc.).

Result: you send your campaign, 40% of your emails bounce, and your sender reputation crashes.

Free scrapers: rotten data

Free tools like basic Chrome extensions promise you emails in bulk. The problem? They don't verify anything.

What I found testing 5 free scrapers:

- Real validity rate: 50-60%

- Many catch-all emails (that accept everything but deliver nothing)

- Emails dating back 3-4 years (people who changed companies)

- Zero distinction between professional and personal emails

A single bounced email, and ESPs (Gmail, Outlook) start penalizing you. From 5% bounce rate, you risk blacklisting.

I tested this on a campaign of 500 contacts extracted with a free scraper. Result: 32% bounce. My sender reputation took a hit that took me several months to recover from.

What is Prospeo and why does it change everything?

Prospeo is a B2B data enrichment tool that specializes in extracting and verifying emails from LinkedIn and LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

What differentiates it from basic scrapers:

- Real-time verification: Every email found is instantly verified (SMTP check, MX record, catch-all detection)

- 98% guaranteed deliverability rate: You only pay for actually valid emails

- Native LinkedIn integration: Chrome extension that works directly on profiles and Sales Navigator

- Proprietary database: Prospeo crosses multiple sources to find emails

I've been using Prospeo for 8 months now. On over 5,000 extracted emails, my bounce rate is 1.8%. That's massive compared to the 30-40% I had before.

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How to find LinkedIn emails with Prospeo: Step-by-step workflow

Here's the exact process I use. I'll show you 3 methods depending on your use case.

Method 1: Find the email of an individual LinkedIn profile (Chrome Extension)

Use case: You've identified a specific prospect on LinkedIn and want their email.

Prerequisites:

- Have the Prospeo Chrome extension installed (free)

- Have a Prospeo account (free plan = 75 credits/month)

Step-by-step process:

Step 1: Install the Prospeo extension

Go to the Chrome Web Store, search for "Prospeo", and install the extension. No need for a credit card for the free plan.

Once installed, log in to your Prospeo account. The Prospeo icon appears in the top right of your browser.

Step 2: Open the target LinkedIn profile

Go to LinkedIn, search for your prospect (by classic search or via Sales Navigator). Open their detailed profile.

Step 3: Activate the Prospeo extension

On the open profile, click on the Prospeo icon in the top right of your navigation bar. The extension analyzes the profile in real time.

Step 4: Retrieve the verified email

In 2-3 seconds, Prospeo displays:

- The professional email found

- The verification status (valid, catch-all, invalid)

- Sometimes the B2B mobile number (10 additional credits)

If the email is marked "valid", it's good: you can use it with confidence. Deliverability rate: 98%.

Step 5: Export the contact

You can either copy the email manually, or add it directly to a list in Prospeo for CSV export later.

Cost in credits:

- 1 credit per email found and valid

- 0 credit if the email is not found

- 0 credit if the email is catch-all (risky)

- 10 credits extra if you want the mobile

My experience:

I use this method daily to enrich my identified prospects on LinkedIn. On 100 tested profiles:

- 68 emails found and valid

- 22 emails not found

- 10 catch-all emails detected (that I don't use)

Average time per profile: 10 seconds (vs 3 minutes manually).

Method 2: Extract emails from a Sales Navigator search (Bulk)

Use case: You have a Sales Navigator search with 500+ results and want to extract all emails in bulk.

Prerequisites:

- LinkedIn Sales Navigator subscription

- Prospeo Chrome extension installed

- Prospeo account with enough credits (Growth plan minimum recommended)

Step-by-step process:

Step 1: Create your Sales Navigator search

Go to LinkedIn Sales Navigator and configure your filters (title, company, location, industry, etc.) to target your ICP.

Example of search I often use:

- Title: "VP Sales", "Head of Sales", "Sales Director"

- Company size: 10-150 employees

- Industry: SaaS, Tech

- Location: France

Step 2: Launch extraction with Prospeo

Once your search is displayed, click on the Prospeo icon. Select "Extract from Sales Navigator Search".

Important: Sales Navigator limits results to a maximum of 2,500 profiles per search. If you see "2500+ results", you'll need to segment your search into multiple batches (by region, sub-industry, etc.).

Step 3: Configure extraction options

Prospeo offers you several options:

- Skip leads you already extracted: Avoids duplicates if you redo an extraction on a similar search

- Extract mobile numbers: Costs 10 credits per mobile found (I recommend only for top prospects)

- Number of profiles to extract: Limit if you don't want to extract everything

Step 4: Let Prospeo do the job

Click on "Start extraction". Prospeo will:

1. Scrape all profiles from your Sales Navigator search

2. Find associated emails

3. Verify each email in real time

4. Generate a CSV file with all data

Processing time: about 5 minutes for 500 profiles.

Step 5: Download your CSV file

Once extraction is complete, download the CSV. You'll have the following columns:

- First name, Last name

- Job title

- Company

- Email (verified)

- Email status (valid, catch-all, invalid)

- LinkedIn URL

- Mobile (if requested)

- Other data points (location, industry, etc.)

My post-extraction workflow:

1. I open the CSV in Google Sheets

2. I filter to keep only "valid" emails

3. I import into my cold emailing tool (Lemlist or Instantly)

4. I launch my prospecting sequence

Real results on an extraction of 800 Sales Navigator profiles:

- 538 emails found (67%)

- 512 valid emails (95% of emails found)

- 26 catch-all emails discarded

- Total cost: 538 credits (about $54 with Growth plan)

- Final bounce rate in campaign: 1.9%

Method 3: Find emails with just a name and company (Email Finder)

Use case: You don't have the LinkedIn profile, but you have name + first name + company (for example from an Excel file, an event, a webinar, etc.).

Step-by-step process:

Step 1: Go to Prospeo's Email Finder

From your Prospeo dashboard, click on "Email Finder" in the menu.

Step 2: Fill in the info

Enter the information you have:

- First name: Prospect's first name

- Last name: Prospect's last name

- Company domain: The company's domain (ex: salesforce.com)

Step 3: Launch the search

Click on "Find email". Prospeo will:

1. Identify the company's email pattern

2. Generate the probable email

3. Verify its validity in real time

4. Return the email if it's valid

Step 4: Retrieve the email

If the email is found and valid, it displays with its verification status. You can copy it or add it to a list.

Cost: 1 credit per email found and valid.

My experience:

I use this method when I participate in webinars or events and retrieve a list of participants (name + company only).

On a file of 200 names retrieved from a SaaS webinar:

- 134 emails found (67%)

- 128 valid emails (96% of emails found)

- Cost: 134 credits

- Bounce rate in campaign: 2.3%

Bonus method: Bulk CSV enrichment (Bulk Email Finder)

If you have a large Excel/CSV file with hundreds of contacts (name + first name + company), Prospeo can process them in bulk.

Process:

1. Prepare your CSV: Columns First Name, Last Name, Company Domain

2. Upload to Prospeo: "Bulk Email Finder" section

3. Launch processing: Prospeo finds and verifies all emails

4. Download the result: Enriched CSV with emails found

Limit: 2,500 profiles per batch.

Processing time: about 10 minutes for 1,000 contacts.

My test on 1,500 contacts:

- 987 emails found (66%)

- 943 valid emails (96%)

- Cost: 987 credits (about $99 with Growth plan)

- Time saved vs manual: about 75 hours

Mistakes to avoid with Prospeo on LinkedIn

After 8 months of use, here are the pitfalls I identified:

Mistake 1: Not checking the "catch-all" status

Prospeo tells you when an email is "catch-all" (accepts all messages). These emails have uncertain deliverability.

My advice: Systematically discard them. Yes, you lose a few prospects, but you protect your sender reputation.

Mistake 2: Extracting without segmenting on Sales Navigator

If your Sales Navigator search exceeds 2,500 results, you must segment it. Otherwise, Prospeo can only extract the first 2,500.

How to segment:

- By region (Île-de-France, Occitanie, etc.)

- By company size (50-200, 200-500, 500-1000)

- By sub-industry

- By Seniority

- By Years of experience in current position

Mistake 3: Requesting mobiles for everyone

The Mobile Finder costs 10 credits per mobile found. If you extract 500 profiles and request mobiles, it can cost you 5,000 credits (vs 500 for emails alone).

My advice: Extract emails first, filter the most qualified prospects, then relaunch a targeted extraction for mobiles only on these top prospects.

Mistake 4: Not using the "Skip duplicates" option

If you redo multiple extractions on searches that overlap, you can have duplicates and consume credits unnecessarily.

Solution: Always activate "Skip leads you already extracted" in extraction settings.

Mistake 5: Forgetting to clean your CSV after extraction

Even with 98% deliverability, there are always 2% of emails that can cause problems. Before importing into your cold emailing tool:

- Filter on "valid" only

- Remove catch-all emails

- Verify there are no personal emails (gmail, personal outlook)

How much does it really cost to find LinkedIn emails with Prospeo?

Let's talk concrete pricing.

Free plan:

- 75 credits/month free

- Perfect for testing

- That's 75 emails found

Starter plan ($39/month):

- 1,000 credits/month

- That's about 1,000 emails found

- Cost per email: $0.039

Growth plan ($99/month - my current plan):

- 5,000 credits/month

- That's about 5,000 emails found

- Cost per email: $0.02

My ROI calculation:

Before Prospeo, I spent about 15h/week searching and verifying emails manually. I got about 200 valid emails per week.

With Prospeo (Growth plan at $99/month):

- I find 1,200 valid emails per month (about 300/week)

- Time spent: 2h/month

- Time saved: 58h/month

- Cost: $99/month

If I value my time at €50/h (classic freelance rate), I save: 58h x €50 = €2,900/month in saved time.

ROI: €2,900 / $99 (~€90) = x32

Not counting the improvement in data quality (1.8% bounce rate vs 30-40% before).

Prospeo vs alternatives to find LinkedIn emails

I tested the main competitors. Here's my honest comparison.

Prospeo vs Apollo

- Apollo: All-in-one (database + enrichment + sequences)

- Prospeo: Specialized pure enrichment

My verdict: If you just want to enrich your LinkedIn lists, Prospeo is simpler and cheaper. If you want a complete tool, Apollo is better.

Prospeo vs Lusha

- Lusha: More expensive ($39/month for 500 credits vs 1000 for Prospeo)

- Prospeo: Better value for money

My verdict: For pure quality, both are similar. Prospeo wins on price.

Prospeo vs Hunter

- Hunter: Excellent for domain search

- Prospeo: Better for direct LinkedIn extraction

My verdict: Complementary. I use both depending on the use case.

Prospeo vs Kaspr

- Kaspr: Good for mobiles

- Prospeo: Better validity rate on emails

My verdict: Prospeo for email quality, Kaspr if you absolutely want mobiles.

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My final verdict: Is Prospeo worth it to find LinkedIn emails?

After 8 months of intensive use and over 5,000 extracted emails, here's my honest opinion:

Prospeo is the best tool I've tested to extract valid LinkedIn emails. The 98% deliverability rate is not marketing bullshit, it's real. My average bounce rate on my campaigns is 1.8%.

You should use Prospeo if:

- You do B2B prospecting on LinkedIn

- Data quality is your priority

- You want to save time (vs manual search)

- You have a reasonable budget (from $39/month)

You can skip if:

- You do less than 50 contacts per month (free is enough elsewhere)

- You want an all-in-one tool with integrated CRM (take Apollo)

- You absolutely want 100% coverage (no tool does that)

My personal use:

I'm on the Growth plan at $99/month. I use Prospeo 3-4 times a week to enrich my Sales Navigator searches. I get about 1,200 valid emails per month, which feeds all my cold emailing campaigns.

The ROI is massive: each deal signed thanks to my campaigns (average ticket: €3,000) reimburses 30 times my Prospeo subscription.

If you do B2B outbound seriously, Prospeo is an investment that makes sense.