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About Crunchbase

Crunchbase is a comprehensive platform that offers valuable insights into market trends, competitor strategies, and investment opportunities. It allows users to create custom lists of companies, track key events such as funding rounds and leadership changes, and identify emerging trends across industries. With its advanced features like real-time updates and customizable alerts, businesses can stay informed about their competitors and make data-driven decisions. Additionally, Crunchbase's hybrid data model ensures accuracy and reliability, making it a trusted source for entrepreneurs, investors, and analysts. By leveraging Crunchbase, businesses can refine their strategies, develop new products, and enter new markets effectively.

AI Agent Use Cases

• AI agents can utilize Crunchbase to automate the process of monitoring competitors by setting up custom alerts for funding rounds, acquisitions, and leadership changes. They can also analyze industry trends and identify emerging competitors, providing businesses with actionable insights to inform strategic decisions. Furthermore, AI agents can leverage Crunchbase's data to automate market research tasks, such as identifying potential investors and analyzing market gaps, thereby enhancing business productivity and decision-making.

Available Actions

These are the specific actions that AI agents can perform with this tool

Acquisition Information Retrieval

3 inputs

Retrieve detailed information about an acquisition based on the provided entity identifier.

Inputs

entity_id

Unique identifier for the desired entity, either a UUID or a permalink.

field_ids

Fields to include in the resulting entity. Can be specified as an array in JSON format or a comma-separated string.

card_ids

Cards to include in the resulting entity. Allowed card IDs for acquisition include [acquiree_organization, acquirer_organization, fields, press_references].

Entity Lookup

4 inputs

Retrieve detailed information about a specific organization from Crunchbase using its UUID or permalink.

Inputs

entity_id

The UUID or permalink of the entity to be looked up.

user_key

The API key required for authentication.

field_ids

Specific data fields to be retrieved in the response.

card_ids

Specific relationships to be retrieved in the response, e.g., founders, raised_funding_rounds.

Entity Lookup

2 inputs

Request to look up data for a specific organization from Crunchbase using the organization's identifier.

Inputs

organization_identifier

A unique identifier for the specific organization for which data is being requested.

user_key

User API key provided for authentication with the Crunchbase API.

Funding Round Information

3 inputs

Retrieve detailed information of a specific funding round using its unique entity ID.

Inputs

entity_id

Unique identifier (UUID) or permalink of the funding round to retrieve.

field_ids

Specific fields to include in the response related to the funding round.

card_ids

Designated cards detailing additional information related to the funding round.

Funding Rounds Lookup

3 inputs

Retrieve detailed information about a specific funding round using its unique identifier or permalink

Inputs

entity_id

UUID or permalink of the funding round entity you wish to look up

field_ids

Fields to include in the resulting entity

card_ids

Cards to include in the resulting entity, such as fields, investments, investors, lead_investors, organization, partners, press_references

Funding Rounds Search

5 inputs

Retrieve all funding rounds announced after 2012 with money raised at least 10 million USD and no more than 4 investors.

Inputs

user_key

API key for authentication, should be provided as a query parameter in the request URL.

field_ids

List of fields to include in the response. Examples: identifier, announced_on, funded_organization_identifier, money_raised, investment_type.

query

List of search predicates that are AND'ed together. Each predicate should include type, field_id, operator_id, and values.

order

List of ordering specifications. Each order should include field_id and sort (either 'asc' or 'desc').

limit

Maximum number of results to return, up to 1000.

Organization Lookup

3 inputs

Retrieve detailed information about a specific organization using its unique identifier.

Inputs

entity_id

Unique identifier for the organization, which can be a UUID or a permalink.

field_ids

List of field_id strings to include in the resulting entity, encoded as a comma-separated string.

card_ids

List of card_id strings to include in the resulting entity, encoded as a comma-separated string.

Organizations List

9 inputs

Retrieve a list of organizations with optional filtering and sorting.

Inputs

query

Full text search of an Organization's name, aliases, and short description. Cannot be combined with 'name' or 'domain_name'.

name

Full text search limited to name and aliases. Cannot be combined with 'query' or 'domain_name'.

domain_name

Text search of an Organization's domain_name, cannot be combined with 'query' or 'name'.

organization_types

Filter by one or more types (company, investor, school, group). Use commas to separate multiple types; all types are logically AND'd.

location_uuids

Filter by one or more location UUIDs. Comma-separated and logically AND'd.

category_uuids

Filter by one or more category UUIDs. Comma-separated and logically AND'd.

updated_since

Restricts the result set to Organizations where updated_at >= provided date-time.

sort_order

Sort order of the collection. Options are 'created_at ASC', 'created_at DESC', 'updated_at ASC', 'updated_at DESC'. Defaults to 'created_at DESC'.

page

Page number of the results to retrieve. Defaults to 1.

People List

3 inputs

Retrieve a paginated list of people from Crunchbase

Inputs

organization_ids

Filter people by the organizations they are associated with

page

The page number to retrieve for paginated results

order

The order in which to sort the results

People Lookup

8 inputs

Retrieve a list of people with various filters such as name, location, and social media identity

Inputs

name

A full-text query of the person's name only

query

A full-text query of name, title, and company

updated_since

Restricts the result set to People updated after this date-time

sort_order

Sort order for the results, default is updated_at DESC

page

The 1-indexed page number to retrieve, default is 1

locations

Filter by location names, comma separated and AND'd together

socials

Filter by social media identity, comma separated and AND'd together

types

Filter by type, optionally set to 'investor'

About Crunchbase

AI Agent Use Cases

Available Actions

These are the specific actions that AI agents can perform with this tool

Acquisition Information Retrieval

3 inputs

Retrieve detailed information about an acquisition based on the provided entity identifier.

Inputs

entity_id

Unique identifier for the desired entity, either a UUID or a permalink.

field_ids

Fields to include in the resulting entity. Can be specified as an array in JSON format or a comma-separated string.

card_ids

Cards to include in the resulting entity. Allowed card IDs for acquisition include [acquiree_organization, acquirer_organization, fields, press_references].

Entity Lookup

4 inputs

Retrieve detailed information about a specific organization from Crunchbase using its UUID or permalink.

Inputs

entity_id

The UUID or permalink of the entity to be looked up.

user_key

The API key required for authentication.

field_ids

Specific data fields to be retrieved in the response.

card_ids

Specific relationships to be retrieved in the response, e.g., founders, raised_funding_rounds.

Entity Lookup

2 inputs

Request to look up data for a specific organization from Crunchbase using the organization's identifier.

Inputs

organization_identifier

A unique identifier for the specific organization for which data is being requested.

user_key

User API key provided for authentication with the Crunchbase API.

Funding Round Information

3 inputs

Retrieve detailed information of a specific funding round using its unique entity ID.

Inputs

entity_id

Unique identifier (UUID) or permalink of the funding round to retrieve.

field_ids

Specific fields to include in the response related to the funding round.

card_ids

Designated cards detailing additional information related to the funding round.

Funding Rounds Lookup

3 inputs

Retrieve detailed information about a specific funding round using its unique identifier or permalink

Inputs

entity_id

UUID or permalink of the funding round entity you wish to look up

field_ids

Fields to include in the resulting entity

card_ids

Cards to include in the resulting entity, such as fields, investments, investors, lead_investors, organization, partners, press_references

Funding Rounds Search

5 inputs

Retrieve all funding rounds announced after 2012 with money raised at least 10 million USD and no more than 4 investors.

Inputs

user_key

API key for authentication, should be provided as a query parameter in the request URL.

field_ids

List of fields to include in the response. Examples: identifier, announced_on, funded_organization_identifier, money_raised, investment_type.

query

List of search predicates that are AND'ed together. Each predicate should include type, field_id, operator_id, and values.

order

List of ordering specifications. Each order should include field_id and sort (either 'asc' or 'desc').

limit

Maximum number of results to return, up to 1000.

Organization Lookup

3 inputs

Retrieve detailed information about a specific organization using its unique identifier.

Inputs

entity_id

Unique identifier for the organization, which can be a UUID or a permalink.

field_ids

List of field_id strings to include in the resulting entity, encoded as a comma-separated string.

card_ids

List of card_id strings to include in the resulting entity, encoded as a comma-separated string.

Organizations List

9 inputs

Retrieve a list of organizations with optional filtering and sorting.

Inputs

query

Full text search of an Organization's name, aliases, and short description. Cannot be combined with 'name' or 'domain_name'.

name

Full text search limited to name and aliases. Cannot be combined with 'query' or 'domain_name'.

domain_name

Text search of an Organization's domain_name, cannot be combined with 'query' or 'name'.

organization_types

Filter by one or more types (company, investor, school, group). Use commas to separate multiple types; all types are logically AND'd.

location_uuids

Filter by one or more location UUIDs. Comma-separated and logically AND'd.

category_uuids

Filter by one or more category UUIDs. Comma-separated and logically AND'd.

updated_since

Restricts the result set to Organizations where updated_at >= provided date-time.

sort_order

Sort order of the collection. Options are 'created_at ASC', 'created_at DESC', 'updated_at ASC', 'updated_at DESC'. Defaults to 'created_at DESC'.

page

Page number of the results to retrieve. Defaults to 1.

People List

3 inputs

Retrieve a paginated list of people from Crunchbase

Inputs

organization_ids

Filter people by the organizations they are associated with

page

The page number to retrieve for paginated results

order

The order in which to sort the results

People Lookup

8 inputs

Retrieve a list of people with various filters such as name, location, and social media identity

Inputs

name

A full-text query of the person's name only

query

A full-text query of name, title, and company

updated_since

Restricts the result set to People updated after this date-time

sort_order

Sort order for the results, default is updated_at DESC

page

The 1-indexed page number to retrieve, default is 1

locations

Filter by location names, comma separated and AND'd together

socials

Filter by social media identity, comma separated and AND'd together

types

Filter by type, optionally set to 'investor'