How to Scrape Crunchbase Investor and Funding Data in 2026

Crunchbase is the go-to platform for startup funding data — investor profiles, funding rounds, valuations, acquisitions, and company financials. If you're in VC, sales intelligence, or market research, you've probably tried to pull data from it at scale. The problem? Crunchbase's API starts at $29/month with strict rate limits, and their Enterprise tier costs thousands. Meanwhile, their anti-scraping measures have gotten aggressive — aggressive enough that a simple requests + BeautifulSoup script won't cut it anymore. In this guide, I'll show you what works in 2026 for extracting Crunchbase data reliably, including the tools and techniques that handle their current protections. What Data Can You Extract from Crunchbase? Crunchbase holds structured data on 1M+ companies. Here's what's extractable: Company profiles — name, description, founded date, HQ location, employee count, website Funding rounds — round type (Seed, Series A–F, IPO), amount raised, date, lead investors Investor profi