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Crunchbase

Company, funding, and investor discovery

4.0From $49/user/moBest for Emerging managers needing broad coverage on a budget
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Overview

Crunchbase is the most widely used entry-level database of startups, funding rounds, investors, and key people. For venture investors it is the quick lookup layer — who invested in what, when a company last raised, who the founders are — plus a serviceable prospecting tool with saved searches and alerts. Data quality is uneven because much is self-reported, but the price point and coverage of early-stage activity keep it in nearly every fund's stack.

Key features

  • Company and funding round profiles
  • Investor and people data
  • Advanced search and alerts
  • Saved lists and monitoring
  • API and enrichment

Pros

  • Affordable relative to enterprise data platforms
  • Strong early-stage and startup coverage
  • Easy for the whole team to use

Cons

  • Self-reported data can be stale or wrong
  • Thin on round terms and fund-level data

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