CrunchBase is the free database of technology companies, people, and investors that anyone can edit.
Data
There is currently a bulk download but there is an API with home page at .
The API provides JSON representations of the data found on CrunchBase. The API currently supports three actions: "show", "search", and "list", which are each described below.
The "v/1/" components of the URLs below refer to the current version of the API, which is 1.
Show Entity
To retrieve information about a specific entity on CrunchBase, use a URL of the form:
http://api.crunchbase.com/v/1/{namespace}/{permalink}.js
The available namespaces are:
- company
- person
- financial-organization
- product
- service-provider
{permalink} referrers to an entity's permalink as seen in the URL for its regular CrunchBase page.
Also, you can append a callback query param to have the result passed to a callback method of your choice.
Examples
api.crunchbase.com/v/1/company/facebook.js
api.crunchbase.com/v/1/person/brad-fitzpatrick.js
api.crunchbase.com/v/1/financial-organization/accel-partners.js?callback=callme
Search Queries
To retrieve a list entities that match a given search query, use URLs of the form:
Openness
Licensing Policy page says that material is under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
