A molded component retrieving apparatus and a molding machine with the molded component retrieving apparatus include first and second units. The first unit includes a base, first to third arms and a first lift arm. The second unit includes fourth to sixth arms and a second lift arm. The second unit is removably mounted on the third arm through an intermediate base member. Rotary shafts of the arms are parallel. A holding unit to hold and retrieve the molded component or the runner is arranged at the forward end of the first and second lift arms. The third and sixth arms can be kept in position even when the drive sources are reduced in number and other arms are pivoted using a belt and a pulley.