Crunchbase Company API
Collect Crunchbase company data as clean, structured JSON. Send one or many organization URLs and get funding, investors, industries, HQ location, employee count, rank, and status. Reliable, pay per company, MCP-ready for Claude and AI agents.
MEDIAN LAGon demand
PARAMETERS2
TOTAL USERS191
MONTHLY ACTIVE93
TOTAL RUNS6,637
SUCCESS (30D)95.7%
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LAST MODIFIED2026-10-29
PUBLISHED2026-07
Input parameters
| PARAMETER | TYPE | REQ | DEFAULT | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| companyUrls | string[] | no | — | One or more Crunchbase organization URLs, e.g. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai. Send these, companyNames, or both. |
| companyNames | string[] | no | — | Company names or website domains to look up instead of URLs, e.g. OpenAI or basecamp.com. Each resolves to the top-matching Crunchbase organization. |
Worked examples
{
"companyUrls": [
"https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai"
]
}
Code
curl
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/johnvc~crunchbase-company-api/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"companyUrls": ["https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai"]}'
Python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("johnvc/crunchbase-company-api").call(
run_input={'companyUrls': ['https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/openai']}
)
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
print(item)
MCP
Apify's hosted MCP server loads this source from the URL below as the tool johnvc--crunchbase-company-api. Sign in to Apify when your client asks (OAuth), or send an Apify token as an Authorization: Bearer header.
https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/crunchbase-company-api