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Get access. Confirm your organization has an eligible license.
Crunchbase AI for Applications
Power the Tools You Use and the Applications You Build
Integrate Crunchbase financials, firmographics, insights, and forecasts into the models, dashboards, and products your teams rely on. Build on structured, continuously refreshed private market data, without sourcing, cleaning, or maintaining it yourself.
Get StartedInstall the API
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Login to Crunchbase to retrieve your API key. If your organization has an eligible API license, log in to Crunchbase > Account Settings > Integrations > Crunchbase API Key. See steps here. Once you have your key, pass it in the X-cb-user-key header to authenticate every request.
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Choose your data. Look up individual organizations, or search across companies, people, investors, funding rounds, acquisitions, insights, and forecasts.
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Start building. Connect Crunchbase data to your application, workflow, model, or data stack using our REST API. Start from a query below and adapt it to your use case.
API Queries
Use the API To Power Your Workflows
Each query is a working request you can copy, run, and adapt, built on the same data that powers Crunchbase.
Wealth creators
Upside & risk
Market landscapes
Your ICP
Identify Emerging Wealth Creators
Identify emerging wealth creators using Crunchbase's advanced financials to help teams spot liquidity events, find high-net-worth opportunities, and tailor outreach.
Criteria
Funding rounds of $50M or more announced since January 1, 2024, backed by Accel or Y Combinator.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.crunchbase.com/v4/data/searches/funding_rounds \
--header 'X-cb-user-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"field_ids": [
"funded_organization_identifier",
"investor_identifiers",
"announced_on",
"investment_stage",
"money_raised"
],
"query": [
{
"field_id": "investor_identifiers",
"operator_id": "includes",
"type": "predicate",
"values": ["Accel", "Y Combinator"]
},
{
"field_id": "money_raised",
"operator_id": "gte",
"type": "predicate",
"values": ["50000000"]
},
{
"field_id": "announced_on",
"operator_id": "gte",
"type": "predicate",
"values": ["2024-01-01"]
}
]
}'
Forecast Investment Upside and Risk
Anticipate upside opportunities and downside risks before they materialize. Crunchbase's predictions and insights support smarter entry timing, more disciplined capital deployment, and better portfolio construction.
Criteria
Seed and Series A companies funded in 2026, with industry, last funding date, funding type, current valuation, and growth insights.
Forward-looking funding, layoff, and IPO predictions for a specific company.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.crunchbase.com/v4/data/searches/organizations \
--header 'X-cb-user-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"field_ids": [
"categories",
"identifier",
"last_funding_at",
"last_funding_type",
"valuation",
"growth_insight_direction"
],
"query": [
{
"field_id": "last_funding_at",
"operator_id": "gte",
"type": "predicate",
"values": ["2026-01-01"]
},
{
"field_id": "last_funding_type",
"operator_id": "includes",
"type": "predicate",
"values": ["seed", "series_a"]
}
]
}'
GET /v4/data/entities/organizations/replit?field_ids=identifier,growth_insight_direction,growth_insight_confidence&card_ids=funding_predictions,layoff_predictions,ipo_predictions HTTP/1.1
Host: api.crunchbase.com
Accept: application/json
X-cb-user-key: YOUR_API_KEY
Build Market Landscapes and Streamline Workflows
Build a market landscape and find which companies are gaining momentum. The Organizations search endpoint surfaces growing companies so you can prioritize strategic outreach faster.
Criteria
Software companies headquartered in California that have raised funding since January 1, 2025, with their most recent funding date, amount, and round type.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.crunchbase.com/v4/data/searches/organizations \
--header 'X-cb-user-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"field_ids": ["identifier", "last_funding_at", "last_funding_total", "last_funding_type"],
"query": [
{
"type": "predicate",
"field_id": "category_groups",
"operator_id": "includes",
"values": ["software-85b6"]
},
{
"type": "predicate",
"field_id": "location_identifiers",
"operator_id": "includes",
"values": ["california-united-states"]
},
{
"type": "predicate",
"field_id": "last_funding_at",
"operator_id": "gte",
"values": ["2025-01-01"]
}
],
"order": [{ "sort": "desc", "field_id": "last_funding_at" }],
"limit": 5
}'
Define and Pull Your ICP
Build a target account list with the Organizations search endpoint. Filter companies by ICP criteria and return a list of entities for territory mapping, enrichment, or outreach workflows.
Criteria
US companies founded in the last 10 years with more than 250 employees, in the AI industry, with at least a Series C round.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.crunchbase.com/v4/data/searches/organizations \
--header 'X-cb-user-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"field_ids": [
"category_groups",
"founded_on",
"last_equity_funding_type",
"location_identifiers",
"num_employees_enum"
],
"query": [
{
"field_id": "category_groups",
"operator_id": "includes",
"type": "predicate",
"values": ["artificial-intelligence-e551"]
},
{
"field_id": "founded_on",
"operator_id": "between",
"type": "predicate",
"values": ["2016", "2026"]
},
{
"field_id": "last_equity_funding_type",
"operator_id": "includes",
"type": "predicate",
"values": ["series_c"]
},
{
"field_id": "location_identifiers",
"operator_id": "includes",
"type": "predicate",
"values": ["united-states"]
},
{
"field_id": "num_employees_enum",
"operator_id": "includes",
"type": "predicate",
"values": ["c_00251_00500"]
}
]
}'