# Crunchbase
ID: 01-crunchbase
Page: https://gtmmcps.com/tools/01-crunchbase
JSON: https://gtmmcps.com/data/tools/01-crunchbase.json
Documentation references: https://gtmmcps.com/docs/01-crunchbase/
Category: Data & Enrichment
MCP support: official
Testing: RESEARCHED
API access: enterprise-only
Last checked: 2026-09-07
Endpoint check: not-probed; date: Not recorded

A private-company database covering company profiles, funding rounds, investors, people and acquisitions, sold as a web product, a REST API and, since 2026, a first-party MCP server that exposes the same data to AI assistants.

## MCP links
- https://mcp.crunchbase.com
- https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/mcp-overview
- https://about.crunchbase.com/products/crunchbase-mcp

## Sources
- https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/mcp-overview
- https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/getting-started-with-mcp.md
- https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/connecting-ai-tools.md
- https://about.crunchbase.com/products/crunchbase-mcp
- https://about.crunchbase.com/products/crunchbase-api
- https://about.crunchbase.com/products/crunchbase-pro
- https://mcp.crunchbase.com

## Research notes
Verified 2026-09-07: POST of an MCP initialize to https://mcp.crunchbase.com returned HTTP 401, which confirms a live auth-gated server at that address. The endpoint is not printed on the marketing page; it comes from the vendor's own Connecting AI Tools doc, which gives the bare host with no path plus a Claude Code one-liner (claude mcp add --transport http --scope user crunchbase https://mcp.crunchbase.com). Docs state the server exposes both expert tools (plain-language question answering and query translation) and structured tools (entity lookup, explicit search, list creation and management), and claim that "Everything available through the Crunchbase API is available through the MCP server". Two gates stack here and should not be conflated: the AI-client side is cheap (the docs state the connector can be added "even if you are on a free Claude plan") while the Crunchbase side requires a purchased MCP seat. The docs also state that data access for applications built on the MCP server differs from individual seat access and routes to the account team. Cross-reference: this vendor is also a funding-signal source and 05-signals-intent-abm.md could reasonably cross-list it; 01 is treated as canonical. 2026-09-07: https://mcp.crunchbase.com is on the vendor domain and returned 401 to an MCP initialize POST (https://mcp.crunchbase.com).

## Named capabilities
Tool names below are reported by sources. Their presence is not a successful call.

## CLI evidence
Status: community
- Reported install command: npm install -g crunchbase-cli; source: https://www.npmjs.com/package/crunchbase-cli

Read current vendor documentation before configuring or running commands.