Crunchbase

aid: crunchbase
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/crunchbase/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
kind: company
name: Crunchbase
description: Crunchbase is a business data platform tracking companies, investors, funding rounds, acquisitions, and IPOs
  across the global startup and private market ecosystem. Its REST API (v4) provides programmatic access to over 600 endpoints
  powering customer-facing products, workflow enrichment, and AI training data.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/crunchbase.png
tags:
- Business Data
- Funding
- Investments
- Startups
- Private Markets
- Firmographics
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
specificationVersion: '0.19'
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-05-19'
apis:
- aid: crunchbase:crunchbase-autocomplete-api
  name: Crunchbase Autocomplete API
  description: Type-ahead suggestions for entities.
  humanURL: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.crunchbase.com/api/v4
  tags:
  - Autocomplete
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crunchbase-autocomplete-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/authentication
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/rate-limiting
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/changelog
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/crunchbase-organization-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/crunchbase-context.jsonld
- aid: crunchbase:crunchbase-deletes-api
  name: Crunchbase Deletes API
  description: Feeds of deleted entities for downstream sync.
  humanURL: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.crunchbase.com/api/v4
  tags:
  - Deletes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crunchbase-deletes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/authentication
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/rate-limiting
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/changelog
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/crunchbase-organization-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/crunchbase-context.jsonld
- aid: crunchbase:crunchbase-entities-api
  name: Crunchbase Entities API
  description: Entity lookup endpoints for organizations, people, funding rounds, acquisitions, and IPOs.
  humanURL: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.crunchbase.com/api/v4
  tags:
  - Entities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crunchbase-entities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/authentication
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/rate-limiting
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/changelog
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/crunchbase-organization-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/crunchbase-context.jsonld
- aid: crunchbase:crunchbase-search-api
  name: Crunchbase Search API
  description: Full-text and faceted search across entity types.
  humanURL: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.crunchbase.com/api/v4
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/crunchbase-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/authentication
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/rate-limiting
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/changelog
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/crunchbase-organization-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/crunchbase-context.jsonld
features:
- name: Entity Lookups
  description: Retrieve organizations, people, funding rounds, acquisitions, and IPOs by UUID or permalink.
- name: Structured Search
  description: POST-based search with field, operator, and value clauses across all entity types.
- name: Autocomplete
  description: Type-ahead lookups for entities by name across collections.
- name: Deleted Entity Feeds
  description: Track removed entities for incremental data synchronization.
- name: Field Selection
  description: Request specific fields and related cards (founders, investments, headquarters) per entity.
- name: 600+ Endpoints
  description: Round-by-round funding data, firmographics, and predictive intelligence covering private markets.
- name: API Key Authentication
  description: Header-based API key auth using X-cb-user-key.
- name: Rate Limited
  description: Per-key rate limits documented at data.crunchbase.com/docs/rate-limiting.
useCases:
- name: Market Intelligence
  description: Analysts track competitor funding, growth, and acquisition activity.
- name: Investor Research
  description: VCs and PE firms research portfolio companies, comparable rounds, and lead investors.
- name: Sales Intelligence and ABM
  description: Sales teams enrich CRM records with firmographics, funding, and headcount data.
- name: Startup Discovery
  description: Accelerators and corp-dev teams search for organizations matching specific criteria.
- name: AI Model Training
  description: Foundation model and analytics teams use Crunchbase data to train and evaluate models.
- name: Customer-Facing Products
  description: SaaS products embed Crunchbase data into dashboards, lead lists, and signals.
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/crunchbase/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/crunchbase-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/crunchbase-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/crunchbase-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/crunchbase-authentication.yml
- url: https://www.crunchbase.com/
  name: Crunchbase Website
  type: Website
- url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
  name: API Documentation
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.crunchbase.com/register
  name: Sign Up
  type: Signup
- url: https://www.crunchbase.com/login
  name: Login
  type: Login
- url: https://www.crunchbase.com/pricing
  name: Pricing
  type: Pricing
- url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/authentication
  name: Authentication
  type: Authentication
- url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/rate-limiting
  name: Rate Limiting
  type: RateLimits
- url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/changelog
  name: Changelog
  type: ChangeLog
- url: https://support.crunchbase.com/
  name: Support
  type: Support
- url: https://www.crunchbase.com/terms-of-service
  name: Terms of Service
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.crunchbase.com/privacy-policy
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.crunchbase.com/blog
  name: Crunchbase Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://twitter.com/crunchbase
  name: Crunchbase on X (Twitter)
  type: X
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crunchbase
  name: Crunchbase on LinkedIn
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://www.facebook.com/crunchbase
  name: Crunchbase on Facebook
  type: Facebook
- url: https://github.com/crunchbase
  name: Crunchbase on GitHub
  type: GitHub
- url: openapi/crunchbase-openapi.yml
  type: OpenAPI
- url: json-schema/crunchbase-organization-schema.json
  type: JSONSchema
- url: json-ld/crunchbase-context.jsonld
  type: JSONLDContext
- url: rules/crunchbase-rules.yml
  type: SpectralRules
- url: vocabulary/crunchbase-vocabulary.yml
  type: Vocabulary
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com