Crunchbase Scraper

🚀 Collect comprehensive company intelligence from Crunchbase without needing a paid subscription. Simply provide company profile URLs and get structured data ready for analysis in minutes.

Whether you're a venture capitalist screening investment targets, a sales professional building prospect lists, or a researcher mapping startup ecosystems, this tool delivers structured data ready for Excel, Google Drive, or any business intelligence tool. No technical skills required.

📊 What Does Crunchbase Scraper Do?

This tool visits Crunchbase company profiles and extracts all publicly available data, delivering:

• 🏢 Company Fundamentals - Name, logo, description, website, headquarters location, operating status, and employee count range
• 💰 Funding Data - Number of funding rounds, last funding type, and a breakdown of individual rounds with type and investor count
• 👥 Investor Profiles - Complete list of investors and total investor count for identifying backer patterns and relationships
• 🧑‍💼 Founder and Team Details - Founder names, titles, Crunchbase profile links, and profile images, plus featured current employees
• 📈 Operating Status and IPO Info - Whether a company is active, closed, or acquired, and IPO status (private or public)
• 🏆 CB Rank - Crunchbase's proprietary ranking score for quick prioritization
• 🔗 Social Media Profiles - LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and other social links in one place
• 📰 Recent News - Latest news articles mentioning the company

Business Value: Make faster investment decisions, build richer prospect lists, and stay ahead of market trends with comprehensive company data at your fingertips.

🔧 Input

Configure the tool with just two simple settings:

• Start URLs - One or more Crunchbase company profile URLs. Browse Crunchbase, find companies you want to research, and copy their profile links
• Max Items - Set a limit on how many companies to process (default: 10). Great for testing before running a large batch

Example Input:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai" },
    { "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/anthropic" },
    { "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stripe" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10
}

💡 Pro Tip: Start with 3-5 companies to verify results, then scale up to hundreds in a single run.

📊 Output

After the run completes, you get a clean dataset with all available company data. Download as CSV, Excel, or JSON.

Here's an example of what you get for each company:

{
  "logoUrl": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/c_pad,h_170,w_170,f_auto,b_white,q_auto:eco,dpr_2/jjykwqqhsscreywea4gb",
  "name": "OpenAI",
  "operatingStatus": "active",
  "crunchbaseUrl": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai",
  "website": "https://www.openai.com",
  "shortDescription": "OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT.",
  "fullDescription": "OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company...",
  "categories": null,
  "location": ["San Francisco", "California", "United States", "North America"],
  "employeeCount": "c_01001_05000",
  "cbRank": 3,
  "lastFundingType": "corporate_round",
  "numFundingRounds": 12,
  "numInvestors": 50,
  "ipoStatus": "private",
  "permalink": "openai",
  "investors": ["The Walt Disney Company", "MGX", "SoftBank Group", "Thrive Capital", "Sequoia Capital"],
  "founders": [
    {
      "name": "Sam Altman",
      "title": "CEO & Co-Founder",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.crunchbase.com/person/sam-altman",
      "imageUrl": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/c_thumb,h_170,w_170,f_auto,g_face,z_0.7,b_white,q_auto:eco,dpr_2/eifaoe14zqiueje28oo9"
    }
  ],
  "currentEmployees": [
    {
      "name": "Greg Brockman",
      "title": "President, Chairman, & Co-Founder",
      "profileUrl": "https://www.crunchbase.com/person/greg-brockman",
      "imageUrl": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/c_thumb,h_170,w_170,f_auto,g_face,z_0.7,b_white,q_auto:eco,dpr_2/n2dmdip1asycpbhphssy"
    }
  ],
  "fundingRounds": [
    {
      "announcedOn": null,
      "fundingType": "corporate_round",
      "moneyRaisedUsd": null,
      "numInvestors": 1
    }
  ],
  "socialLinks": {
    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/openai",
    "twitter": "https://x.com/OpenAI",
    "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/openai"
  },
  "news": [],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-02-23T22:17:27.012Z"
}

Key fields explained:

Field	What It Means
cbRank	Crunchbase's proprietary ranking. Lower numbers mean higher prominence
employeeCount	Employee range code (e.g., "c_01001_05000" means 1,001-5,000 employees)
lastFundingType	Most recent round type: seed, series_a, corporate_round, etc.
ipoStatus	"private" for startups, "public" for listed companies
permalink	Crunchbase's unique identifier for the company

Download Options: CSV, Excel, or JSON directly from the Apify platform.

⚡ Why Choose the Crunchbase Scraper?

• 🎯 No Crunchbase subscription required - Collect publicly available Crunchbase data without a paid Pro or Enterprise account. Get the same company intelligence at a fraction of the cost
• 📋 Comprehensive data extraction - Captures funding round breakdowns, founder profiles, investor lists, and social media links all in a single pass
• 📦 Bulk processing made easy - Process hundreds of company profiles in a single run. No need to visit each profile manually
• 📊 Analysis-ready output - Data arrives pre-organized in clean JSON, CSV, or Excel format. Load it directly into your CRM or business intelligence tool
• 🛡️ Reliable access - Uses advanced browser automation to ensure consistent data collection from Crunchbase's protected pages
• ⏰ Timestamped records - Every result includes a scrapedAt timestamp so you always know when the data was collected

🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Find the Actor - Search for "Crunchbase Scraper" on the Apify platform
3. Prepare Your URLs - Gather the Crunchbase profile URLs for the companies you want to research. Each URL follows the format https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/{company-name}
4. Paste Your URLs - Add them to the "Start URLs" field in the input form
5. Set Your Limit - Enter a number in "Max Items" if you want to cap the results
6. Run the Actor - Click "Start" and wait for the run to complete
7. Download Your Data - Export results as CSV, Excel, or JSON from the "Storage" tab

No Technical Skills Required - everything is point-and-click.

🎯 Business Use Cases

Venture Capital and Investment Research

• Screen hundreds of startups quickly by filtering on funding stage and employee growth
• Identify all investors backing companies in a particular sector
• Track which founders have multiple successful companies in their history

Sales Prospecting and Lead Generation

• Build targeted prospect lists of companies at specific funding stages
• Enrich your CRM with company size, location, website, and social links
• Find key decision-makers through the founders and featured employees data

Market Research and Competitive Intelligence

• Map an entire industry vertical by collecting all companies in a category
• Compare company profiles across competitors
• Identify which companies are active vs. closed to focus research efforts

Academic and Journalistic Research

• Build datasets of startup activity by city, country, or industry for research papers
• Trace funding flows between investor groups and portfolio companies

❓ FAQ

How does the tool collect data from Crunchbase? The tool visits each Crunchbase company profile URL you provide and reads the structured data embedded directly in the page. Crunchbase encodes all company information in a machine-readable format within each profile, which this tool extracts and organizes into clean output fields.

How accurate and up-to-date is the data? The tool collects exactly what Crunchbase shows on each company's public profile at the time of the run. Data freshness depends on when Crunchbase last updated the profile. Every result includes a scrapedAt timestamp so you know exactly when the data was collected.

Can I run this on a schedule to keep my data fresh? Yes. Apify's built-in scheduler lets you run any actor on a recurring schedule. Set it up once and your dataset updates automatically. You can also connect results to a Google Sheet or data warehouse for continuous monitoring.

What format are employee counts in? The employeeCount field uses Crunchbase's range codes. For example: c_00001_00010 (1-10 employees), c_00011_00050 (11-50), c_00051_00200 (51-200), c_00201_00500 (201-500), c_00501_01000 (501-1,000), c_01001_05000 (1,001-5,000), c_05001_10000 (5,001-10,000).

What if a company profile returns an error? If a URL cannot be accessed or the company profile data cannot be read, the result will include an error field explaining what went wrong. The actor retries each URL up to 3 times before recording an error.

Why are some fields null? Certain fields like totalFundingUsd, foundedOn, categories, and news may return null. These fields are behind Crunchbase's premium paywall and are not included in the publicly accessible page data.

🔌 Integrate Crunchbase Scraper with any app

Crunchbase Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform.

These include:

• Make - Automate workflows
• Zapier - Connect 5000+ apps
• Slack - Get notifications
• Airbyte - Data pipelines
• GitHub - Version control integration
• Google Drive - Export to spreadsheets
• and much more.

Alternatively, you can use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs, e.g. get a notification whenever Crunchbase Scraper successfully finishes a run.

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Need Help?

Check the FAQ section above for answers to common questions. For platform help, visit the Apify support page. If you need a custom data solution, reach out to the ParseForge team at https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Crunchbase or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.