Crunchbase API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Crunchbase API
  description: >-
    The Crunchbase REST API (v4) provides programmatic access to Crunchbase's
    business data platform covering organizations, people, funding rounds,
    acquisitions, and IPOs. The API exposes entity lookups, search,
    autocomplete, and deleted entity feeds. Authentication is by API key.
  version: '4.0'
  contact:
    name: Crunchbase Data
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
servers:
  - url: https://api.crunchbase.com/api/v4
    description: Crunchbase v4 production API
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Entities
    description: Entity lookup endpoints for organizations, people, funding rounds, acquisitions, and IPOs.
  - name: Search
    description: Full-text and faceted search across entity types.
  - name: Autocomplete
    description: Type-ahead suggestions for entities.
  - name: Deletes
    description: Feeds of deleted entities for downstream sync.
paths:
  /entities/organizations/{entity_id}:
    get:
      tags: [Entities]
      summary: Get organization
      description: Retrieve an organization (company, investor, school) by Crunchbase UUID or permalink.
      operationId: getOrganization
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EntityId'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FieldIds'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CardIds'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Organization entity
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Organization'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /entities/people/{entity_id}:
    get:
      tags: [Entities]
      summary: Get person
      description: Retrieve a person entity by Crunchbase UUID or permalink.
      operationId: getPerson
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EntityId'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FieldIds'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CardIds'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Person entity
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
  /entities/funding_rounds/{entity_id}:
    get:
      tags: [Entities]
      summary: Get funding round
      operationId: getFundingRound
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EntityId'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FieldIds'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Funding round entity
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FundingRound'
  /entities/acquisitions/{entity_id}:
    get:
      tags: [Entities]
      summary: Get acquisition
      operationId: getAcquisition
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EntityId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Acquisition entity
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Acquisition'
  /entities/ipos/{entity_id}:
    get:
      tags: [Entities]
      summary: Get IPO
      operationId: getIpo
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EntityId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: IPO entity
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ipo'
  /searches/organizations:
    post:
      tags: [Search]
      summary: Search organizations
      operationId: searchOrganizations
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchQuery'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paged search result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
  /searches/people:
    post:
      tags: [Search]
      summary: Search people
      operationId: searchPeople
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchQuery'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paged search result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
  /searches/funding_rounds:
    post:
      tags: [Search]
      summary: Search funding rounds
      operationId: searchFundingRounds
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchQuery'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paged search result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
  /autocompletes:
    get:
      tags: [Autocomplete]
      summary: Autocomplete entities
      operationId: autocomplete
      parameters:
        - in: query
          name: query
          required: true
          schema: {type: string}
        - in: query
          name: collection_ids
          description: Comma-separated entity collections (organizations, people, etc.)
          schema: {type: string}
        - in: query
          name: limit
          schema: {type: integer, default: 10, maximum: 25}
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Autocomplete suggestions
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AutocompleteResult'
  /deletes/{collection_id}:
    get:
      tags: [Deletes]
      summary: List deleted entities
      operationId: listDeletes
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: collection_id
          required: true
          schema: {type: string}
        - in: query
          name: after_id
          schema: {type: string}
        - in: query
          name: limit
          schema: {type: integer, default: 100, maximum: 2000}
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deleted entity feed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeletesResult'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-cb-user-key
      description: Crunchbase user API key.
  parameters:
    EntityId:
      in: path
      name: entity_id
      required: true
      schema: {type: string}
      description: Crunchbase UUID or permalink for the entity.
    FieldIds:
      in: query
      name: field_ids
      schema: {type: string}
      description: Comma-separated list of field identifiers to include in the response.
    CardIds:
      in: query
      name: card_ids
      schema: {type: string}
      description: Comma-separated list of related card identifiers (e.g. founders, investments).
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Entity not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Organization:
      type: object
      properties:
        uuid: {type: string, format: uuid}
        identifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityIdentifier'
        name: {type: string}
        short_description: {type: string}
        website_url: {type: string, format: uri}
        founded_on: {type: string, format: date}
        location_identifiers:
          type: array
          items: {$ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityIdentifier'}
        category_groups:
          type: array
          items: {type: string}
        funding_total:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MoneyAmount'
        last_funding_type: {type: string}
        num_employees_enum: {type: string}
        ipo_status: {type: string, enum: [private, public, delisted, was_acquired]}
    Person:
      type: object
      properties:
        uuid: {type: string, format: uuid}
        identifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityIdentifier'
        first_name: {type: string}
        last_name: {type: string}
        primary_organization:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityIdentifier'
        primary_job_title: {type: string}
    FundingRound:
      type: object
      properties:
        uuid: {type: string, format: uuid}
        identifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityIdentifier'
        funded_organization_identifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityIdentifier'
        investment_type: {type: string, example: series_a}
        announced_on: {type: string, format: date}
        money_raised:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MoneyAmount'
        num_investors: {type: integer}
        lead_investor_identifiers:
          type: array
          items: {$ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityIdentifier'}
    Acquisition:
      type: object
      properties:
        uuid: {type: string, format: uuid}
        acquirer_identifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityIdentifier'
        acquiree_identifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityIdentifier'
        announced_on: {type: string, format: date}
        completed_on: {type: string, format: date}
        price:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MoneyAmount'
        acquisition_type: {type: string}
        terms: {type: string}
    Ipo:
      type: object
      properties:
        uuid: {type: string, format: uuid}
        organization_identifier:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityIdentifier'
        went_public_on: {type: string, format: date}
        stock_symbol: {type: string}
        stock_exchange_symbol: {type: string}
        money_raised:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MoneyAmount'
        share_price:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MoneyAmount'
    EntityIdentifier:
      type: object
      properties:
        uuid: {type: string, format: uuid}
        permalink: {type: string}
        value: {type: string}
        entity_def_id: {type: string}
    MoneyAmount:
      type: object
      properties:
        value: {type: number}
        currency: {type: string, example: USD}
        value_usd: {type: number}
    SearchQuery:
      type: object
      properties:
        field_ids:
          type: array
          items: {type: string}
        query:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              type: {type: string}
              field_id: {type: string}
              operator_id: {type: string}
              values:
                type: array
                items: {type: string}
        order:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              field_id: {type: string}
              sort: {type: string, enum: [asc, desc]}
        limit: {type: integer, default: 50, maximum: 1000}
        after_id: {type: string}
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        count: {type: integer}
        entities:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              uuid: {type: string, format: uuid}
              properties: {type: object, additionalProperties: true}
    AutocompleteResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        entities:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              identifier: {$ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityIdentifier'}
              short_description: {type: string}
    DeletesResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        entities:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              uuid: {type: string, format: uuid}
              deleted_at: {type: string, format: date-time}
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message: {type: string}
        code: {type: string}