Crunchbase Company Details Scraper

This Apify actor scrapes comprehensive company details from Crunchbase using a provided company URL. It extracts structured data including descriptions, funding rounds, acquisitions, leadership details, and more. Ideal for market research, competitive analysis, or lead generation.

Input

• Crunchbase Company URL: A valid URL to a company's Crunchbase profile (e.g., https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/microsoft).

Output

The actor returns a JSON object containing detailed company information. Example output structure:

1{
2	"short_description": "Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.",
3	"long_description": "Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.\n\nMicrosoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores.\n\nMicrosoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services.\n\nThe company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.",
4	"title": "Microsoft",
5	"founded": "1975-04-04",
6	"founders": [
7		"Bill Gates",
8		"Luis J. Salazar",
9		"Paul Allen",
10		"Sarah Ahmad"
11	],
12	"operating_status": "active",
13	"categories": [
14		"Artificial Intelligence (AI)",
15		"Data Management",
16		"Developer Tools",
17		"DevOps",
18		"Enterprise Software",
19		"Operating Systems"
20	],
21	"similar": [
22		{
23			"name": "Red Hat",
24			"crunchbaseSlug": "red-hat",
25			"location": [
26				"Raleigh",
27				"North Carolina",
28				"United States",
29				"North America"
30			]
31		},
32		{
33			"name": "Tiny Technologies",
34			"crunchbaseSlug": "ephox",
35			"location": [
36				"Palo Alto",
37				"California",
38				"United States",
39				"North America"
40			]
41		},
42		{
43			"name": "Appian",
44			"crunchbaseSlug": "appian",
45			"location": [
46				"Mclean",
47				"Virginia",
48				"United States",
49				"North America"
50			]
51		},
52		{
53			"name": "Techtonic",
54			"crunchbaseSlug": "techtonic-group-inc",
55			"location": [
56				"Boulder",
57				"Colorado",
58				"United States",
59				"North America"
60			]
61		},
62		{
63			"name": "Sonatype",
64			"crunchbaseSlug": "sonatype",
65			"location": [
66				"Fulton",
67				"Maryland",
68				"United States",
69				"North America"
70			]
71		},
72		{
73			"name": "Rocket Software",
74			"crunchbaseSlug": "rocket-software",
75			"location": [
76				"Waltham",
77				"Massachusetts",
78				"United States",
79				"North America"
80			]
81		},
82		{
83			"name": "Real Matters",
84			"crunchbaseSlug": "real-matters",
85			"location": [
86				"Markham",
87				"Ontario",
88				"Canada",
89				"North America"
90			]
91		},
92		{
93			"name": "Boomi",
94			"crunchbaseSlug": "boomi",
95			"location": [
96				"Conshohocken",
97				"Pennsylvania",
98				"United States",
99				"North America"
100			]
101		}
102	],
103	"event_appearances": [
104		{
105			"value": "AI Everything 2025",
106			"date": "2025-02-04",
107			"appearance_type": "sponsor"
108		},
109		{
110			"value": "WEB SUMMIT 2024 - Lisbon",
111			"date": "2024-11-11",
112			"appearance_type": "sponsor"
113		},
114		{
115			"value": "PASS Data Community Summit 2024",
116			"date": "2024-11-04",
117			"appearance_type": "exhibitor"
118		},
119		{
120			"value": "Les Assises De La Securite",
121			"date": "2024-10-13",
122			"appearance_type": "sponsor"
123		},
124		{
125			"value": "Big Data London 2024",
126			"date": "2024-09-18",
127			"appearance_type": "sponsor"
128		},
129		{
130			"value": "Futurist Expo",
131			"date": "2024-06-21",
132			"appearance_type": "speaker"
133		},
134		{
135			"value": "Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2024",
136			"date": "2024-06-12",
137			"appearance_type": "speaker"
138		},
139		{
140			"value": "Lead Today Shape Tomorrow 2024",
141			"date": "2024-06-05",
142			"appearance_type": "sponsor"
143		}
144	],
145	"funds": [
146		{
147			"announced_on": "2023-03-01",
148			"value": "AE-2",
149			"money_raised_usd": 1000000000
150		}
151	],
152	"semrush": {
153		"semrush_global_rank": 27,
154		"semrush_visits_latest_month": 1805336326,
155		"semrush_last_updated": "2025-01-13",
156		"semrush_visits_mom_pct": -0.0395812005434768
157	},
158	"key_updates": [
159		{
160			"date": "2025-03-31",
161			"value": "Microsoft's Head of Business Development, Strategy and Venture to Depart",
162			"url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MICROSOFT-CORPORATION-4835/news/Microsoft-s-Head-of-Business-Development-Strategy-and-Venture-to-Depart-48842346/",
163			"publisher": "MarketScreener"
164		},
165		{
166			"date": "2025-02-26",
167			"value": "Britain vs Big Tech: The UK’s complicated relationship with tech giants",
168			"url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://www.uktech.news/news/government-and-policy/britain-vs-big-tech-the-uks-complicated-relationship-with-tech-giants-20250226",
169			"publisher": "UKTN"
170		},
171		{
172			"date": "2025-02-18",
173			"value": "Seattle Mariners Promotes Melissa Robertson to General Counsel",
174			"url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/seattle-mariners-promotes-melissa-robertson-to-general-counsel",
175			"publisher": "bloomberglaw.com"
176		},
177		{
178			"date": "2025-02-12",
179			"value": "Former Convoy CEO Dan Lewis takes new role at Microsoft",
180			"url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2025/02/12/dan-lewis-convoy-microsoft-flexport.html",
181			"publisher": "Puget Sound Business Journal"
182		},
183		{
184			"date": "2025-01-31",
185			"value": "Microsoft names Samer Abu-Ltaif President for Europe, Middle East and Africa",
186			"url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/people-in-the-news/microsoft-names-samer-abu-ltaif-president-for-europe-middle-east-and-africa-lib2ylp7",
187			"publisher": "Zawya.com"
188		},
189		{
190			"date": "2025-01-22",
191			"value": "Filing: Microsoft executive Chris Young resigns as business development and strategy leader",
192			"url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://www.geekwire.com/2025/filing-microsoft-exec-chris-young-resigns-as-business-development-and-strategy-leader/",
193			"publisher": "GeekWire"
194		},
195		{
196			"date": "2025-01-14",
197			"value": "Microsoft Says Recent Hire Parikh Will Oversee New AI Engineering Group",
198			"url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/microsoft-says-recent-hire-parikh-will-oversee-new-ai-engineering-group-71736840988171.html",
199			"publisher": "Latest Tech News- Today Technology News and Updates on Gadgets, Laptops, Gamings & Mobile Phones | HT Tech"
200		},
201		{
202			"date": "2025-01-10",
203			"value": "Mike Maples Sr., 1942-2025: Microsoft’s ‘adult in the room’ had a deep impact on the company",
204			"url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://www.geekwire.com/2025/mike-maples-sr-1942-2025-microsofts-adult-in-the-room-had-a-deep-impact-on-the-company/",
205			"publisher": "GeekWire"
206		},
207		{
208			"date": "2025-01-03",
209			"value": "2024 was Nvidia’s year. In 2025, will it keep the AI juggernaut going?",
210			"url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/03/2024-nvidias-year-2025-will-it-keep-ai-juggernaut-going/",
211			"publisher": "SiliconANGLE"
212		},
213		{
214			"date": "2024-12-12",
215			"value": "Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman Is in a Talent War With His Former Companies",
216			"url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://observer.com/2024/12/microsoft-ai-ceo-mustafa-suleyman-talent-poach/",
217			"publisher": "Observer"
218		}
219	],
220	"builtWith": [
221		{
222			"value": "Content Delivery Network"
223		},
224		{
225			"value": "Organization Schema"
226		},
227		{
228			"value": "Microsoft Ajax Content Delivery Network"
229		},
230		{
231			"value": "SEO_H2"
232		},
233		{
234			"value": "Microsoft Azure CDN"
235		}
236	],
237	"acquisitions": [
238		{
239			"acquired": "Fungible",
240			"price_usd": 190000000
241		},
242		{
243			"acquired": "Lumenisity"
244		},
245		{
246			"acquired": "Miburo"
247		},
248		{
249			"acquired": "Minit"
250		},
251		{
252			"acquired": "Activision Blizzard",
253			"price_usd": 68700000000
254		},
255		{
256			"acquired": "Xandr"
257		},
258		{
259			"acquired": "Two Hat Security"
260		},
261		{
262			"acquired": "Clear Software"
263		},
264		{
265			"acquired": "Ally.io (Acquired)",
266			"price_usd": 76000000
267		},
268		{
269			"acquired": "TakeLessons"
270		}
271	],
272	"num_investors": 2,
273	"num_current_profiles": 2923,
274	"funding_rounds": {
275		"last_funding_type": "post_ipo_equity",
276		"last_funding_at": "2022-12-09",
277		"total_funding_value_usd": 1000000,
278		"num_rounds": 2,
279		"rounds": [
280			{
281				"announced": "2022-12-09",
282				"num_investors": 1
283			},
284			{
285				"announced": "1981-09-01",
286				"money_raised_usd": 1000000,
287				"num_investors": 1,
288				"lead_investor": "Technology Venture Investors"
289			}
290		]
291	},
292	"investors": [
293		{
294			"value": "KB Securities",
295			"funding_round": "Post-IPO Equity - Microsoft"
296		},
297		{
298			"value": "Technology Venture Investors",
299			"funding_round": "Venture Round - Microsoft"
300		}
301	],
302	"investments": [
303		{
304			"announced_on": "2025-03-02",
305			"funding_round": "Pre Seed Round - GuidenAI",
306			"money_raised_usd": 25000
307		},
308		{
309			"announced_on": "2025-02-25",
310			"funding_round": "Corporate Round - Veeam Software"
311		},
312		{
313			"announced_on": "2025-02-18",
314			"funding_round": "Series A - Atrandi Biosciences",
315			"money_raised_usd": 25000000
316		},
317		{
318			"announced_on": "2024-12-10",
319			"funding_round": "Pre Seed Round - Duvo Network",
320			"money_raised_usd": 150000
321		},
322		{
323			"announced_on": "2024-12-05",
324			"funding_round": "Initial Coin Offering - Wall Street Pepe",
325			"money_raised_usd": 73880000
326		},
327		{
328			"announced_on": "2024-12-01",
329			"funding_round": "Grant - PGxAI",
330			"money_raised_usd": 150000
331		},
332		{
333			"announced_on": "2024-12-01",
334			"funding_round": "Seed Round - Alife Virtual",
335			"money_raised_usd": 400000
336		},
337		{
338			"announced_on": "2024-11-19",
339			"funding_round": "Series C - Blip",
340			"money_raised_usd": 60000000
341		},
342		{
343			"announced_on": "2024-10-22",
344			"funding_round": "Seed Round - karpatkey",
345			"money_raised_usd": 7000000
346		},
347		{
348			"announced_on": "2024-10-02",
349			"funding_round": "Venture Round - OpenAI",
350			"money_raised_usd": 6600000000
351		}
352	],
353	"products": [
354		{
355			"name": "Microsoft 365",
356			"description": "A suite of productivity applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, available through subscription plans for businesses and individuals."
357		},
358		{
359			"name": "Microsoft Copilot",
360			"description": "An AI assistant that uses large language models and Microsoft Graph data to help with tasks like drafting text, creating presentations, answering questions, planning, and enhancing creativity, by accessing relevant emails, chats, documents, and calendar information."
361		},
362		{
363			"name": "Github Copilot",
364			"description": "An AI-powered coding assistant that helps developers write code more efficiently by providing real-time, context-aware suggestions and autocompletions. Built on OpenAI's Codex, it integrates into popular IDEs to streamline code generation across various programming languages."
365		},
366		{
367			"name": "Windows 11",
368			"description": "The latest version of Microsoft's operating system, offering enhanced security features and a user-friendly interface."
369		},
370		{
371			"name": "Microsoft Teams",
372			"description": "A collaboration platform that integrates chat, video meetings, and file sharing for team communication."
373		},
374		{
375			"name": "Microsoft Azure",
376			"description": "A cloud computing service providing a range of services including computing, analytics, storage, and networking."
377		}
378	],
379	"num_investments": 293,
380	"num_contacts": 9395,
381	"social_links": {
382		"facebook": {
383			"value": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://www.facebook.com/Microsoft"
384		},
385		"linkedin": {
386			"value": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft"
387		},
388		"twitter": {
389			"value": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://x.com/Microsoft"
390		}
391	},
392	"contact_email": "mdcc@microsoft.com",
393	"ipo": {
394		"stock_link": {
395			"label": "NASDAQ:MSFT",
396			"value": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250306152226/https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:MSFT"
397		},
398		"went_public_on": "1986-03-13"
399	},
400	"ipqwery_summary": {
401		"patents_granted": 57854,
402		"trademarks_registered": 2689,
403		"popular_trademark_class": "c9"
404	},
405	"growth_knowledge": {
406		"description": "Microsoft reported a 12% increase in total revenue to $69.6 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, surpassing analyst expectations of $68.9 billion. The company's net income rose by 22% to $88.1 billion, reflecting strong performance in its AI and cloud services. Additionally, Microsoft achieved a revenue growth rate of 16.04% as of September 30, 2024, outperforming peers in the Information Technology sector. Azure's revenue growth was reported at 31%, although it showed a slowdown from 34% in the previous quarter. The company also announced a 10% increase in its dividend payout in September, marking the 15th consecutive annual increase. Microsoft maintained a solid dividend track record with an annual dividend per share of $3.32 and a forward yield of 0.74%. Furthermore, Microsoft planned to invest $80 billion in fiscal year 2025 to build AI-enabled data centers and deploy AI and cloud-based applications globally, alongside a $3 billion investment in India to expand its Azure cloud and AI capacity, marking its largest expansion in the country.",
407		"direction": "c400_growing",
408		"indicator": "growing"
409	},
410	"featured_employees": [
411		{
412			"name": "Satya Nadella",
413			"since": "2014-02-01",
414			"title": "CEO"
415		},
416		{
417			"name": "Amy Hood",
418			"since": "2013-05-01",
419			"title": "CFO"
420		},
421		{
422			"name": "Brad Smith",
423			"since": "2015-09-01",
424			"title": "President"
425		},
426		{
427			"name": "Kathleen Hogan",
428			"since": "2015-01-01",
429			"title": "CPO"
430		},
431		{
432			"name": "Judson Althoff",
433			"since": "2013-01-01",
434			"title": "EVP & CCO"
435		},
436		{
437			"name": "Diomedes Kastanis",
438			"since": "2020-03-01",
439			"title": "CTO Services APAC"
440		},
441		{
442			"name": "Takeshi Numoto",
443			"since": "2023-10-01",
444			"title": "EVP & CMO"
445		},
446		{
447			"name": "Bobby Yerramilli-Rao",
448			"since": "2020-01-01",
449			"title": "CSO"
450		},
451		{
452			"name": "Seth Goings",
453			"since": "2020-09-01",
454			"title": "Principal Software Engineer"
455		},
456		{
457			"name": "Essentials hoodie",
458			"since": "1902-03-02",
459			"title": "Essentials"
460		}
461	],
462	"diversity_spotlight_investments": [
463		{
464			"announced_on": "2025-03-02",
465			"value": "Microsoft investment in Pre Seed Round - GuidenAI",
466			"organization": "GuidenAI",
467			"funding_round": "Pre Seed Round - GuidenAI",
468			"money_raised_usd": 25000,
469			"org_diversity": [
470				"Women Founded"
471			]
472		},
473		{
474			"announced_on": "2024-10-02",
475			"value": "Microsoft investment in Venture Round - OpenAI",
476			"organization": "OpenAI",
477			"funding_round": "Venture Round - OpenAI",
478			"money_raised_usd": 6600000000,
479			"org_diversity": [
480				"LGBTQ+ Founded",
481				"LGBTQ+ Led",
482				"Women Founded"
483			]
484		},
485		{
486			"announced_on": "2024-05-28",
487			"value": "Microsoft investment in Non Equity Assistance - GuidenAI",
488			"organization": "GuidenAI",
489			"funding_round": "Non Equity Assistance - GuidenAI",
490			"money_raised_usd": 5000,
491			"org_diversity": [
492				"Women Founded"
493			]
494		},
495		{
496			"announced_on": "2024-02-28",
497			"value": "Microsoft investment in Grant - Vengo AI",
498			"organization": "Vengo AI",
499			"funding_round": "Grant - Vengo AI",
500			"money_raised_usd": 300000,
501			"org_diversity": [
502				"Women Founded"
503			]
504		},
505		{
506			"announced_on": "2023-09-16",
507			"value": "Microsoft investment in Grant - KudoAI",
508			"organization": "KudoAI",
509			"funding_round": "Grant - KudoAI",
510			"money_raised_usd": 98000,
511			"org_diversity": [
512				"East Asian Founded",
513				"East Asian Led"
514			]
515		},
516		{
517			"announced_on": "2023-09-05",
518			"value": "Microsoft investment in Non Equity Assistance - NewSwing (Academies) Corporation",
519			"organization": "NewSwing (Academies) Corporation",
520			"funding_round": "Non Equity Assistance - NewSwing (Academies) Corporation",
521			"money_raised_usd": 17500000,
522			"org_diversity": [
523				"Hispanic / Latine Founded",
524				"Hispanic / Latine Led"
525			]
526		},
527		{
528			"announced_on": "2023-09-01",
529			"value": "Microsoft investment in Series A - Efhtight",
530			"organization": "Efhtight",
531			"funding_round": "Series A - Efhtight",
532			"money_raised_usd": 230122,
533			"org_diversity": [
534				"Women Founded"
535			]
536		},
537		{
538			"announced_on": "2023-08-01",
539			"value": "Microsoft investment in Non Equity Assistance - Third Ray, Inc.",
540			"organization": "Third Ray, Inc.",
541			"funding_round": "Non Equity Assistance - Third Ray, Inc.",
542			"org_diversity": [
543				"South Asian Founded",
544				"Women Founded"
545			]
546		},
547		{
548			"announced_on": "2023-05-28",
549			"value": "Microsoft investment in Seed Round - Bellame",
550			"organization": "Bellame",
551			"funding_round": "Seed Round - Bellame",
552			"org_diversity": [
553				"Women Founded"
554			]
555		},
556		{
557			"announced_on": "2023-03-14",
558			"value": "Microsoft investment in Series B - Adept AI",
559			"organization": "Adept AI",
560			"funding_round": "Series B - Adept AI",
561			"money_raised_usd": 350000000,
562			"org_diversity": [
563				"Women Founded"
564			]
565		}
566	]
567}

Features

Extracts 50+ data points, including:

• Company descriptions (short/long)
• Founding date, founders, operating status, and categories
• Similar companies and event participation history
• Funding rounds, investors, acquisitions, and investments
• Products, social media links, IPO details, and patents
• Employee highlights, diversity investments, and growth metrics
• BuiltWith tech stack and Semrush traffic analytics
• Key news updates and contact information

Usage

On Apify Platform

1. Input a Crunchbase company URL (e.g., https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/microsoft).
2. Run the actor.
3. Download results in JSON, CSV, or other formats.

Limitations

• Crunchbase Structure Changes: The actor may require updates if Crunchbase modifies its page layout.
• Rate Limits: Crunchbase may block aggressive scraping. Use proxies and rate limiting.
• Data Accuracy: Depends on Crunchbase's information quality. Future-dated entries (e.g., 2025 events) reflect Crunchbase's listed data.
• Authentication: Does not handle private/pro accounts. Public profiles only.

Contact

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Legal Note: Use this actor in compliance with Crunchbase's Terms of Service. Data is for informational purposes only.