Crunchbase - About the company
Crunchbase is a series D company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2007 by Michael Arrington, Yi Mao, Zhonghao He 何忠豪, Eugene Lewis and Derek Colfer. It operates as a Provider of a digital platform for tracking and analyzing private companies and startups. Crunchbase has raised $100M in funding from investors like SV Angel, Mayfield and Emergence Capital, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 1089 active competitors, including 125 funded and 64 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like PitchBook, CB Insights and Harmonic.
Company Details
Provider of a digital platform for tracking and analyzing private companies and startups. The platform offers data and insights on emerging companies, funding rounds, investors, and market trends to assist with investment and business development decisions. PF = Yes
- 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
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Jul 20, 2022
Ranked
1st among 1089 active competitors
Employee Count
246 as on Aug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CRUNCH IT ApS CIN: 35816046 , Denmark, Active | Mar 30, 2014 | $0 - $1M (As on Dec 31, 2018) | 7 (As on Dec 31, 2023) | |
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 | $0 - $1M (As on Jun 30, 2025) | - | - |
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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 21 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 | 7867212 | Series D | 4869924 | 9360729 | 7653917 | 7639851 |
Oct 29, 2020 | 2948485 | Conventional Debt | 5556396 | 1921466 | 8768539 | |
Oct 31, 2019 | 9404138 | Series C | 1939119 | 5099069 |
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Crunchbase's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Crunchbase are Michael Arrington, Yi Mao, Zhonghao He 何忠豪, Eugene Lewis and Derek Colfer. Yi Mao and Jager Mcconnell are the CEOs 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.
- Yi Mao: Co-Founder & CEO of Crunchbase and founder of 1 other company.
- Zhonghao He 何忠豪: CEO, Co-founder of Crunchbase and founder of 1 other company.
- Eugene Lewis: Co-Founder of Crunchbase.
- Derek Colfer: Co-Founder & VP Strategy of Crunchbase.
Crunchbase's Board of Directors
Crunchbase's board has 4 active members. Emil Stridsland Jensen, Torsten Pedersen, Søren Kjelstrup and Peder Jørgensen are independent board members.Here is the list of Crunchbase's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent board member | - | Current | - | |
asflvuy | Independent board member | - | Current | 5y 7m |
wpgaujk | Independent board member | - | Current | 8y 5m |
hlmgyx{ | Independent board member | - | Current | 9y 8m |
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Crunchbase's employee count trend
Crunchbase has 246 employees as of Aug 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 PitchBook, CB Insights and Harmonic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Crunchbase 2007, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Provider of a digital platform for tracking and analyzing private companies and startups | $100M | 75/100 | |
2nd | PitchBook 2007, Seattle (United States), Acquired | Private equity and venture capital data platform | $15.6M | 69/100 | |
3rd |  CB Insights 2009, New York City (United States), Series A | AI powered financial database platform focused on private companies | $10M | 69/100 | |
4th |  Harmonic 2018, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Provider of a startup discovery engine with AI-powered research tools | $30M | 67/100 | |
5th | Dealroom 2013, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Series A | Provider of intelligence data regarding startup ecosystems and venture capital | $16.8M | 67/100 | |
6th | Cleantech 2002, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Powering cleantech innovation with market intelligence, advisory, advocacy, and events | $5.43M | 65/100 | |
7th | Provider of private company data and market intelligence for professionals | $17M | 65/100 | ||
8th | Provider of a suite of tools for comprehensive Investment Research & Tracking | $9.27M | 64/100 | ||
9th | F6S Network 2011, London (United Kingdom), Seed | Provider of platforms for startups to find investors, talent and other resources | $1.2M | 64/100 | |
10th | Discern 2009, San Mateo (United States), Series A | Database for financial institutions | $34.5M | 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 5 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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Crunchbase Launches MCP to Bring Private Market Intelligence Into AI WorkflowsAccess Newswire•Jul 21, 2026•Crunchbase
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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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