🏢 Crunchbase Scraper

🚀 Pull company and person profiles from Crunchbase in minutes. 100+ fields per profile. Funding, investors, founders, products, acquisitions. No login.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-09 · 📊 100+ fields per profile · 🏢 Companies + people · 🚫 No auth required

Pull live company and person profiles from Crunchbase, the canonical record of startup, VC, and tech-company data. The actor accepts Crunchbase URLs (companies or people) or a keyword search, walks the result pages, and returns one structured record per profile ready for VC research, sales prospecting, M&A intelligence, or founder-discovery workflows.

Every run fetches data live so you get the current state of Crunchbase at run time. Records include the company name, logo, founders, employees, funding rounds, total funding raised, investors, location, founding year, products, acquisitions, IPO status, web traffic estimates, patents, and a back-reference URL.

👥 Built for	🎯 Primary use cases
Venture capital	Track new companies and funding rounds
Sales and BD teams	Build startup prospect lists with funding context
M&A advisors	Source target candidates by stage and sector
Researchers	Study startup ecosystem dynamics
BD and partnerships	Map ecosystem players for partner programs
Recruiters	Identify well-funded hiring companies

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📋 What the Crunchbase Scraper does

• 🏢 Company or person mode. Scrape company profiles (organizations) or person profiles.
• 🔗 Direct URL. Pass a list of Crunchbase URLs.
• 🔍 Keyword search. Search by name, sector, or keyword (mutually exclusive with URLs).
• 💰 Funding history. Total funding, last round, last round amount, lead investors.
• 👥 Team data. Founders, key people, total employees.
• 📊 Operational signals. Web traffic, patents, acquisitions, IPO status.

The scraper walks each Crunchbase profile, extracts 100+ fields, and pushes structured records to the dataset.

💡 Why it matters: Crunchbase is the canonical record of startup data but its API is paywalled and its UI lacks bulk export for free users. A live, structured pull beats manual lookup for VC research, sales prospecting, and M&A intelligence.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing setup, a live run, and how to pipe results into Salesforce or HubSpot via Apify integrations.

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Name	Description
startUrls	array	Start URLs	Crunchbase organization or person URLs. Mutually exclusive with searchQuery.
maxItems	integer	Max Items	Free users: limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: optional, max 1,000,000.
searchQuery	string	Search Query	Free-text search query (mutually exclusive with startUrls).
searchType	enum	Search Type	organizations (companies) or people.

Example 1. Direct URL lookup of three companies.

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai" },
    { "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/anthropic" },
    { "url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stripe" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 3
}

Example 2. Keyword search for AI companies.

{
  "searchQuery": "generative AI startup",
  "searchType": "organizations",
  "maxItems": 50
}

⚠️ Good to Know: when startUrls is set, searchQuery is ignored. URL mode is more precise; search mode is broader.

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📊 Output

The dataset returns one structured record per profile. Each record carries identifiers, name, logo, founders, funding, location, products, acquisitions, IPO status, and a back-reference URL. Consume the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS via the Apify console or API.

🧾 Schema

Field	Type	Example
🆔 cbUrl	string (url)	https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai
🏢 name	string	OpenAI
🖼️ logoUrl	string (url)	https://res.cloudinary.com/.../openai.jpg
📝 description	string	OpenAI develops AI products and services
🌐 website	string (url)	https://openai.com
🗓️ founded	string	2015
📍 headquarters	string	San Francisco, California, USA
🏷️ industries	array	["Artificial Intelligence", "Machine Learning", "Software"]
👥 employeeCount	string	1001-5000
💰 totalFundingUsd	number	13000000000
📊 lastRoundType	string	Series E
💵 lastRoundAmountUsd	number	6500000000
🗓️ lastRoundDate	ISO date	2026-02-01
👤 founders	array	[{"name":"Sam Altman","role":"CEO"}]
💼 leadInvestors	array	["Microsoft", "Tiger Global"]
🏢 acquisitions	array	[]
📈 ipoStatus	string	Private
🌐 webTrafficRank	number	45
🏷️ patentsFiled	number	120
📅 scrapedAt	ISO datetime	2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z

📦 Sample records

1. High-profile company (full record)

{
  "cbUrl": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai",
  "name": "OpenAI",
  "logoUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/abc/openai.jpg",
  "description": "OpenAI develops AI products and services for businesses and consumers.",
  "website": "https://openai.com",
  "founded": "2015",
  "headquarters": "San Francisco, California, USA",
  "industries": ["Artificial Intelligence", "Machine Learning", "Software"],
  "employeeCount": "1001-5000",
  "totalFundingUsd": 13000000000,
  "lastRoundType": "Series E",
  "lastRoundAmountUsd": 6500000000,
  "lastRoundDate": "2026-02-01",
  "founders": [
    {"name": "Sam Altman", "role": "CEO"},
    {"name": "Greg Brockman", "role": "President"}
  ],
  "leadInvestors": ["Microsoft", "Tiger Global", "Sequoia Capital"],
  "ipoStatus": "Private",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

2. Mid-stage startup (Seed)

{
  "cbUrl": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/acme-ai",
  "name": "Acme AI",
  "description": "AI agents for B2B back-office workflows.",
  "website": "https://acme-ai.com",
  "founded": "2024",
  "headquarters": "San Francisco, California, USA",
  "industries": ["Artificial Intelligence", "B2B"],
  "employeeCount": "11-50",
  "totalFundingUsd": 8000000,
  "lastRoundType": "Seed",
  "lastRoundAmountUsd": 8000000,
  "lastRoundDate": "2026-04-15",
  "founders": [
    {"name": "Jane Smith", "role": "CEO"},
    {"name": "John Doe", "role": "CTO"}
  ],
  "leadInvestors": ["Y Combinator"],
  "ipoStatus": "Private",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

3. Person profile (sparse)

{
  "cbUrl": "https://www.crunchbase.com/person/sam-altman",
  "name": "Sam Altman",
  "description": "CEO at OpenAI",
  "currentRole": "CEO at OpenAI",
  "previousRoles": ["President at Y Combinator"],
  "education": ["Stanford University (dropped out)"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to Crunchbase so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. 100+ fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects Crunchbase as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured startup data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ Crunchbase Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Public Crunchbase profiles	Live per run	URL or keyword search	⚡ 2 min
Crunchbase Pro / Enterprise API	$$$ monthly per seat	Full	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Manual searches	Hours per check	Limited	Stale	Manual	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, source-native filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the Crunchbase Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set inputs. Either paste Crunchbase URLs or set a search query and search type.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 VC and investor research Track new companies and funding rounds Build watchlists by industry and stage Map founder profiles across portfolios Surface hiring signals as growth indicators	🏢 Sales and BD Build outbound prospect lists of well-funded startups Filter by recent round for fresh-money outreach Source product partner candidates by industry Power CRM enrichment with funding context
🎯 M&A and corporate development Source acquisition targets by stage and sector Build comp sets for valuation discussions Track competitor M&A activity Power deal-pipeline workflows	🛠️ Engineering and product Prototype startup-data products without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house Crunchbase scrapers Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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🔌 Automating Crunchbase Scraper

This Actor exposes a REST endpoint, so you can drive it from any language or workflow tool.

• Node.js - call it via the Apify JS SDK.
• Python - call it via the Apify Python SDK.
• REST - hit it directly through the Apify v2 API.

Schedules. Use Apify Scheduler to capture daily snapshots of target companies. Combine with the Apify dataset diff tools to track funding round changes between runs.

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💰 How much does it cost?

Apify gives you $5 in free monthly credits on the Apify Free plan, enough to test Crunchbase Scraper and pull a real sample dataset. For ongoing usage:

• Starter plan ($49/month) — Recommended for individuals running Crunchbase Scraper regularly. Includes higher concurrency and larger datasets.
• Scale plan ($499/month) — Recommended for teams running Crunchbase Scraper at production scale.

Pay-Per-Event pricing means you only pay for what you actually use. Failed runs are never charged. See the Pricing tab on this Actor's page for exact event prices.

💡 Tips for using Crunchbase Scraper

• Start with a small maxItems (3-10) to validate output format before running larger jobs.
• Use Apify Schedules to run Crunchbase Scraper on a recurring basis and keep your dataset fresh.
• Export via Integrations: Apify connects to Google Sheets, Airbyte, Make, Zapier, and direct webhooks — pipe your data anywhere.
• Monitor with webhooks: trigger downstream workflows the moment a run finishes.
• Re-run failed items: if any individual records error out, re-run with their inputs only. Failed events are not charged.

⚖️ Is it legal to use Crunchbase Scraper?

Yes. Crunchbase Scraper only collects publicly available data. Web scraping public data has been confirmed as legal by US courts (see hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn) and is widely used for research, market analysis, and business intelligence.

However, you are responsible for:

• Respecting the source website's Terms of Service.
• Complying with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data-protection laws when personal data is involved.
• Not republishing copyrighted content without permission.

If you have specific compliance concerns, consult your legal team. See the Apify legal docs for more.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔌 Integrate with any app

Crunchbase Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Crunchbase. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The scraper accesses only publicly available pages and is intended for legitimate research, analytics, and lead-generation use. Users are responsible for compliance with the source site's Terms of Service and applicable law.