Crunchbase - About the company
Crunchbase is a series D company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2007 by Michael Arrington, Jacobo G and David Mateo. It operates as a Provider of network access denial services based on content categorization. Crunchbase has raised $100M in funding from investors like SV Angel, Mayfield and Emergence Capital. The company has 589 active competitors, including 99 funded and 47 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like CB Insights, Enigma and PitchBook.
Company Details
Provider of network access denial services based on content categorization. The system restricts access to online material deemed inappropriate according to predefined user group policies. The service is designed to prevent users from accessing content that violates organizational guidelines. Network managers can configure and manage the access restrictions.
- Website
- www.crunchbase.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@crunchbase.com
- Registered Address
- 17, Banestrøget, Taastrup, 2630, Høje Taastrup
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2007
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series D
Total Funding
$100M in 7 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
1st among 589 active competitors
Employee Count
251 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
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Legal entities associated with Crunchbase
Crunchbase is associated with 3 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CRUNCHBASE, INC CIN: 5590357 , United States, Active | Aug 20, 2014 | - | 167 (As on Dec 31, 2023) | - |
PACIFIC MEDIA GROUP ENTERPRISES, INC. CIN: 1683252 , United States, Active | $2.43M (As on Jun 30, 2024) | - | - | |
CRUNCH IT ApS CIN: 35816046 , Denmark, Active | Mar 30, 2014 | $546K (As on Dec 31, 2018) | 7 (As on Dec 31, 2023) |
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Crunchbase's funding and investors
Crunchbase has raised a total funding of $100M over 7 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 22, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Jul 20, 2022 for $*****. 4 investors participated in its latest round. Crunchbase has 16 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Crunchbase:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jul 20, 2022 | 2171064 | Series D | 5929508 | 4421546 | 5402330 | 2509081 |
Oct 29, 2020 | 5400948 | Conventional Debt | 6683993 | 2096177 | 4177114 | |
Oct 31, 2019 | 8232321 | Series C | 2057766 | 2507092 |
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Crunchbase's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Crunchbase are Michael Arrington, Jacobo G and David Mateo. Jager Mcconnell is the CEO of Crunchbase.
Here are the details of Crunchbase's key team members:
- Michael Arrington: Founder of Crunchbase and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 8 startups.
- Jacobo G: Founder, CEO & CTO of Crunchbase.
- David Mateo: Co-Founder & COO of Crunchbase.
- Jager Mcconnell: CEO of Crunchbase. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
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Crunchbase's employee count trend
Crunchbase has 251 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Crunchbase's employee count trend over the years:
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Crunchbase's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Crunchbase include CB Insights, Enigma and PitchBook. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Crunchbase, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Crunchbase 2007, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Provider of network access denial services based on content categorization | $100M | 75/100 | |
2nd |  CB Insights 2009, New York City (United States), Series A | AI powered financial database platform focused on private companies | $10M | 73/100 | |
3rd |  Enigma 2011, New York City (United States), Series C | Provider of business data and intelligence for risk and growth management | $130M | 72/100 | |
4th | PitchBook 2007, Seattle (United States), Acquired | Private equity and venture capital data platform | $15.6M | 67/100 | |
5th | F6S Network 2011, London (United Kingdom), Seed | Provider of platforms for startups to find investors, talent and other resources | $1.2M | 64/100 | |
6th | Provider of private company data and market intelligence for professionals | $17M | 63/100 | ||
7th | SourceScrub 2014, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Curated financial information for M&A for private equity, venture capital and investment banks | - | 63/100 | |
8th | Dealroom 2013, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Series A | Platform that helps new investors and tech companies connect with each other | $16.8M | 63/100 | |
9th | Limited information available | - | - | 60/100 | |
10th |  BNamericas 1996, Las Condes (Chile), Acquired | Provider of business intelligence platform delivering data and strategic market insights | - | 60/100 |
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Crunchbase's Investments and acquisitions
Crunchbase has made 2 investments in Project Lobster and PutTag. Crunchbase has not made any acquisitions as of now.Reports related to Crunchbase
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News related to Crunchbase
Filter this listMedia has covered Crunchbase for a total of 4 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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Crunchbase Predictive Intelligence Now Available in Fusion by J.P. MorganAccess Newswire•Dec 08, 2025•Crunchbase, J P Morgan
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Fintech Aven raises $110M in Series E, adds Summers, McHenry as advisersHousingWire•Sep 09, 2025•Capital Electric Supply, Aven, Crunchbase, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and 6 others
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Crunchbase Hires Ann Davis as Senior Vice President of Sales to Scale AI-Powered Market IntelligenceMarTech Series•Mar 21, 2025•Crunchbase, Google
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Crunchbase relaunches as an AI-powered platform for predictive market insightsSiliconAngle•Feb 19, 2025•Crunchbase
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AI startup Attention just raised $14 million to bring its natural language processing tech to sales callsDNYUZ•Oct 22, 2024•Attention, Alven, Eniac Ventures, Frst Capital and 7 others
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Shima Capital Leads $8M Funding Round for Hard Wallet Solutions Provider TangemNFTgators•May 03, 2023•Essenvia, Benhamou Global Ventures, First Rays Venture Partners, Rebright Partners and 6 others
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