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What is the Crunchbase MCP Server?

What you can do

Connect AI agents to the Crunchbase API for comprehensive business intelligence and startup ecosystem analysis:

  • Search companies by name to find startups, enterprises, and emerging tech firms
  • Get complete company profiles with founding dates, headquarters, employee counts, and operating status
  • Track funding rounds from Seed to Series D+ with amounts, dates, and investor syndicates
  • Analyze acquisition history to understand M&A strategies and consolidation patterns
  • Research investors including VC firms, angels, and corporate venture arms with full portfolios
  • Find entrepreneurs and executives with detailed career histories and board memberships
  • Monitor IPO activity with stock exchange details, ticker symbols, and offering data
  • Map investment networks to identify co-investor relationships and deal flow patterns

How it works

  1. Get your Crunchbase API key from data.crunchbase.com (requires paid license)
  2. Ask your AI agent to research companies, analyze funding trends, or map investor networks
  3. Natural language commands replace manual Crunchbase website searches
  4. Structured business data returned in formatted responses for quick analysis

Who is this for?

Essential for venture capitalists, startup founders, business development professionals, market researchers, investment bankers, corporate strategists, and journalists. Let AI agents perform company due diligence, track competitor funding activity, identify potential acquisition targets, research investor backgrounds, and map ecosystem relationships. Perfect for professionals who need to answer questions like 'Who invested in Stripe's Series B?', 'What companies has Google acquired since 2020?', or 'Which VCs are most active in AI/ML startups?'

Built-in capabilities (10)

get_acquisition_details

Use this after list_acquisitions to understand the full context of a specific M&A deal. Get complete details of a specific acquisition transaction

get_funding_round_details

), announced date, all participating investors with their investment roles (lead, participant), pre-money and post-money valuations if disclosed, number of investors, and associated press release links. Use this after list_funding_rounds to deep-dive into a specific funding event. Get detailed information about a specific funding round transaction

get_ipo_details

), ticker symbol, IPO date, share price at offering, number of shares offered, total capital raised from IPO, and post-IPO valuation. Use this for companies that have gone public to understand their transition from private to public markets. Get IPO (Initial Public Offering) details for a public organization

get_organization_details

Returns the entity overview with all known metadata Crunchbase has on file. Use this after search_organizations to get the full company profile including funding totals, acquisition history, and key personnel. Get complete profile and metadata for a specific organization from Crunchbase

get_person_details

Use this after search_people to get the full biography and career history of founders, investors, or executives. Get detailed professional profile for a specific person from Crunchbase

list_acquisitions

Shows companies acquired by this organization (if it's an acquirer) or acquisition events where this organization was the target. Each acquisition includes the acquired company name, acquisition date, price (if disclosed), acquisition type (acquisition, merger, acquihire, buyout), and acquiring company details. Use this to understand a company's growth-through-acquisition strategy or identify which companies a startup has absorbed. List all acquisitions made by or involving a specific organization

list_funding_rounds

Each funding round includes the stage (Seed, Angel, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D+, Series Unknown, Convertible Note, Post-IPO Equity, Post-IPO Debt, Grant, Venture Round, Corporate Round), announced date, amount raised (in USD if available), lead investors, participating investors, and post-money valuation if disclosed. Use this to analyze a company's fundraising trajectory, total capital raised, and investor syndicate. List all funding rounds (Seed, Series A/B/C, IPO, etc.) for a specific organization

list_investments

Each investment entry includes the company invested in, funding round participated (Seed, Series A, etc.), investment date, co-investors in the same round, and whether this investor led the round. Use this to analyze a VC firm's investment thesis, portfolio diversity, recent deal activity, or find startups backed by a specific investor. List all investments made by a specific organization or investor

search_organizations

Returns organization names, short descriptions, operational status (operating, acquired, closed), headquarters locations, and industry categories. Use this as the first step to find a company before getting detailed funding, acquisition, or personnel data. The search returns up to 20 matching organizations ranked by relevance. Search for companies and organizations by name keyword in Crunchbase

search_people

Returns person names, current job titles, organizational affiliations, locations, and brief career summaries. Use this to find founders, CEOs, investors, or board members before getting their detailed profiles with investment history and professional relationships. Search for entrepreneurs, investors, executives, and board members by name in Crunchbase

Why VS Code Copilot?

GitHub Copilot Agent mode brings Crunchbase data directly into your VS Code workflow. With a project-scoped config, the entire team shares access to 10 tools. Copilot queries live data, generates typed code, and writes tests from actual API responses, all without leaving the editor.

  • VS Code is used by over 70% of developers. adding MCP tools to Copilot means your team can leverage external data without leaving their primary editor

  • Project-scoped MCP configs (.vscode/mcp.json) let you commit server configurations to your repository, ensuring the entire team shares the same tool access

  • Copilot's Agent mode integrates MCP tools seamlessly with file editing, terminal commands, and workspace search in a single agentic loop

  • GitHub's enterprise compliance and audit features extend to MCP tool usage, providing visibility into how AI interacts with external services

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

01

Do I need a paid Crunchbase license to use this MCP?

Yes, the Crunchbase API requires a paid license (Starter, Professional, or Enterprise tier). Free accounts have limited access. Your API key (user_key) is provided via email upon license activation. Contact Crunchbase sales at data@crunchbase.com for licensing options.

02

Can I track real-time funding announcements and new startup launches?

Crunchbase data is updated regularly but not in real-time. Funding rounds appear within days of public announcement. The API provides the most recent data Crunchbase has processed. For real-time monitoring, consider combining this MCP with news API monitoring for immediate PR detection.

03

Can I search for companies by industry or location instead of name?

This MCP currently supports name-based search. For industry/location filtering, you can search with broad terms and then review company profiles for location and industry details in the detailed results. Advanced filtering by industry vertical, funding stage, or employee count would require the Crunchbase Enterprise API tier with additional query capabilities.

04

Which VS Code version supports MCP?

MCP support requires VS Code 1.99 or later with the GitHub Copilot extension. Ensure both are updated to the latest version. Older versions of Copilot may not expose the Agent mode toggle.

05

How do I switch to Agent mode?

Open the Copilot Chat panel and look for two mode options: "Ask" and "Agent". Click "Agent" to enable autonomous tool calling. In Ask mode, Copilot provides conversational answers but cannot invoke MCP tools.

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Can I restrict which MCP tools Copilot can access?

Yes. VS Code shows a tool consent dialog before any MCP tool is invoked for the first time. You can also configure tool access policies at the organization level through GitHub Copilot settings.

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Does MCP work in VS Code Remote or Codespaces?

Yes. MCP servers configured via .vscode/mcp.json work in Remote SSH, WSL, and GitHub Codespaces environments. The MCP connection is established from the remote host, so ensure the server URL is accessible from that environment.

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Ensure you are in Agent mode in Copilot Chat. MCP tools only appear in Agent mode.

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