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title: "Crunchbase MCP server for AI agents - actionlake"
description: "Give Claude 112 Crunchbase actions through one MCP server: acquisitions, addresses. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free."
canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/crunchbase
updated: 2026-10-23
---

Connectors · CRM & sales

# Crunchbase MCP server for AI agents.

actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Crunchbase and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 112 Crunchbase actions (112 reads and 0 writes) and holds the Crunchbase credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Crunchbase's limits and records every call.

[Connect Crunchbase free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

100,000 free calls a month. No card, no email, no password: press Start a free sandbox on the next screen and keep the key it shows you.

`claude mcp add --transport http actionlake https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp`

the first call

```
do {
  action: "crunchbase.deleted_entities.list",
  intent: "check which Crunchbase account is connected"
}
# List deleted entities · read · 1 upstream call
```

- 112 actions in one signed file
- 112 read look, never change
- 0 write create and update
- 0 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first

Set up

## Connect Crunchbase in three steps.

1. 01
   ### Add actionlake to Claude.
   Run the command once in Claude Code; its consent page can create a free sandbox: 100,000 calls a month, no card. In the Claude app, add a custom connector with the URL below and paste your key on the consent page. Creating a new sandbox from the Claude app is not yet tested by us.
   `https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp`
2. 02
   ### Connect Crunchbase.
   API key. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key.
   - `api_key` Crunchbase API key (Enterprise or API licence): crunchbase.com > Account > Integrations > Crunchbase API
   ```
   account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "crunchbase" }
   # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you
   ```
3. 03
   ### Make the first call. Check before a write.
   Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes, `check` validates the call and prices it, for free.
   ```
   do    { action: "crunchbase.deleted_entities.list" }
   # list deleted entities · read · 1 upstream call
   ```

Crunchbase at a glance

**Sign-in**

API key. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead.

**You provide**

`api_key`

**Limits we pace to**

200 calls a minute, per connection

**API covered**

Crunchbase API v4 (data.crunchbase.com reference, all data packages)`api.crunchbase.com/v4`

**Built from**

Crunchbase's documentation, read 23 October 2026[data.crunchbase.com](https://data.crunchbase.com/reference) [data.crunchbase.com](https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/using-the-api)

**Service file**

Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519)

**Cached reads**

112 of 112 reads, for up to an hour; a write clears what it affects

**Shared entities**

2, so ask can line Crunchbase up with your other systems

**Data**

Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet

Capabilities

## What an AI agent can do in Crunchbase.

112 actions in 48 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.

- **112** read look, never change
- **0** write create and update
- **0** destructive wait for a confirmation

1. ### Acquisitions
   3
   3 read · 0 write · 0 destructive
   Search acquisitions · Get acquisitions record · Get one card of an acquisitions record
2. ### Addresses
   3
   3 read · 0 write · 0 destructive
   Search addresses · Get addresses record · Get one card of an addresses record
3. ### Categories
   3
   3 read · 0 write · 0 destructive
   Search categories · Get categories record · Get one card of a categories record
4. ### Category groups
   3
   3 read · 0 write · 0 destructive
   Search category groups · Get category groups record · Get one card of a category groups record
5. ### Current valuation estimates
   3
   3 read · 0 write · 0 destructive
   Search current valuation estimates · Get current valuation estimates record · Get one card of a current valuation estimates record
6. ### Degrees
   3
   3 read · 0 write · 0 destructive
   Search degrees · Get degrees record · Get one card of a degrees record
7. ### Event appearances
   3
   3 read · 0 write · 0 destructive
   Search event appearances · Get event appearances record · Get one card of an event appearances record
8. ### Events
   3
   3 read · 0 write · 0 destructive
   Search events · Get events record · Get one card of an events record

**40 more areas · 88 actions**

- Funding rounds **3**
- Funds **3**
- Investments **3**
- Ipos **3**
- Jobs **3**
- Market insights **3**
- Micro categories **3**
- Organizations **3**
- Ownerships **3**
- People **3**
- Acquisition predictions **2**
- Awards **2**
- Closure predictions **2**
- Current valuation comparables **2**
- Deleted entities **2**
- Diversity spotlights **2**
- Funding predictions **2**
- Growth events **2**
- Growth insights **2**
- Growth predictions **2**
- Investor insights **2**
- Investor matches **2**
- Ipo predictions **2**
- Key employee changes **2**
- Layoff predictions **2**
- Layoffs **2**
- Legal proceedings **2**
- Locations **2**
- Market insight reasons **2**
- Org similarities **2**
- Partnership announcements **2**
- Press references **2**
- Principals **2**
- Product launches **2**
- Product similarities **2**
- Products **2**
- Remain private predictions **2**
- Research insights **2**
- Autocomplete **1**
- Metadata **1**

Top actions

## The Crunchbase API, shaped for agents.

The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 4 of Crunchbase's 4 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.

| Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `crunchbase.people.search` Search people | Search Person Entities. | read | `crm.contact.search` 46 connectors |
| `crunchbase.organizations.search` Search organizations | Search Organization Entities. | read | `crm.company.search` 36 connectors |
| `crunchbase.people.get` Get people record | Lookup a Person. | read | `crm.contact.get` 176 connectors |
| `crunchbase.organizations.get` Get organizations record | Lookup an Organization. | read | `crm.company.get` 162 connectors |
| `crunchbase.autocomplete.search` Autocomplete Crunchbase names (organizations, people, categories, …) | Suggests matching Identifier entities based on the query and entity_def_ids provided. | read | this connector |
| `crunchbase.funding_rounds.search` Search funding rounds | Search FundingRound Entities. | read | this connector |
| `crunchbase.people.get_card` Get one card of a people record | Lookup Person's single card. | read | this connector |
| `crunchbase.funding_rounds.get` Get funding rounds record | Lookup a FundingRound. | read | this connector |
| `crunchbase.organizations.get_card` Get one card of an organizations record | Lookup Organization's single card. | read | this connector |
| `crunchbase.ipos.search` Search ipos | Search Ipo Entities. | read | this connector |
| `crunchbase.jobs.search` Search jobs | Search Job Entities. | read | this connector |
| `crunchbase.funds.search` Search funds | Search Fund Entities. | read | this connector |

Try it

## Prompts to paste into Claude.

Each one names the Crunchbase actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it.

1. Read read
   Find the Crunchbase contacts with no email address, so we can clean them up.
   calls `crunchbase.people.search`

Governance for Crunchbase

## Every write can wait for a yes.

None of Crunchbase's actions is destructive. A key can still be held to reads, capped, and set so a person confirms every write.

A destructive action runs only with `confirm: true`. Under the `human` policy the agent cannot confirm for itself: the run stops until a named person approves, in the console or from a signed link in an email. The cap on a key is refused before the call is sent, never after.

a key for this connector

```
account {
  op: "keys.create", name: "crunchbase-agent",
  allowed_actions: ["crunchbase.*"], cap_calls: 2000,
  confirm_policy: "human_for_writes"
}
```

Illustrative. Scoped to Crunchbase only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed.

Cost

## What Crunchbase costs on actionlake.

Every Crunchbase action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Crunchbase refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000.

- 1 upstream call per action all 112 Crunchbase actions
- 112 actions page each page of a long list is one call
- 112 reads can be cached a cache hit costs nothing
- 100,000 calls a month, free paid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000

[See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

Action index

## Every Crunchbase action.

112 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect.

**Acquisitions 3**

- `crunchbase.acquisitions.get` Get acquisitions record read
- `crunchbase.acquisitions.get_card` Get one card of an acquisitions record read
- `crunchbase.acquisitions.search` Search acquisitions read

**Addresses 3**

- `crunchbase.addresses.get` Get addresses record read
- `crunchbase.addresses.get_card` Get one card of an addresses record read
- `crunchbase.addresses.search` Search addresses read

**Categories 3**

- `crunchbase.categories.get` Get categories record read
- `crunchbase.categories.get_card` Get one card of a categories record read
- `crunchbase.categories.search` Search categories read

**Category groups 3**

- `crunchbase.category_groups.get` Get category groups record read
- `crunchbase.category_groups.get_card` Get one card of a category groups record read
- `crunchbase.category_groups.search` Search category groups read

**Current valuation estimates 3**

- `crunchbase.current_valuation_estimates.get` Get current valuation estimates record read
- `crunchbase.current_valuation_estimates.get_card` Get one card of a current valuation estimates record read
- `crunchbase.current_valuation_estimates.search` Search current valuation estimates read

**Degrees 3**

- `crunchbase.degrees.get` Get degrees record read
- `crunchbase.degrees.get_card` Get one card of a degrees record read
- `crunchbase.degrees.search` Search degrees read

**Event appearances 3**

- `crunchbase.event_appearances.get` Get event appearances record read
- `crunchbase.event_appearances.get_card` Get one card of an event appearances record read
- `crunchbase.event_appearances.search` Search event appearances read

**Events 3**

- `crunchbase.events.get` Get events record read
- `crunchbase.events.get_card` Get one card of an events record read
- `crunchbase.events.search` Search events read

**Funding rounds 3**

- `crunchbase.funding_rounds.get` Get funding rounds record read
- `crunchbase.funding_rounds.get_card` Get one card of a funding rounds record read
- `crunchbase.funding_rounds.search` Search funding rounds read

**Funds 3**

- `crunchbase.funds.get` Get funds record read
- `crunchbase.funds.get_card` Get one card of a funds record read
- `crunchbase.funds.search` Search funds read

**Investments 3**

- `crunchbase.investments.get` Get investments record read
- `crunchbase.investments.get_card` Get one card of an investments record read
- `crunchbase.investments.search` Search investments read

**Ipos 3**

- `crunchbase.ipos.get` Get ipos record read
- `crunchbase.ipos.get_card` Get one card of an ipos record read
- `crunchbase.ipos.search` Search ipos read

**Jobs 3**

- `crunchbase.jobs.get` Get jobs record read
- `crunchbase.jobs.get_card` Get one card of a jobs record read
- `crunchbase.jobs.search` Search jobs read

**Market insights 3**

- `crunchbase.market_insights.get` Get market insights record read
- `crunchbase.market_insights.get_card` Get one card of a market insights record read
- `crunchbase.market_insights.search` Search market insights read

**Micro categories 3**

- `crunchbase.micro_categories.get` Get micro categories record read
- `crunchbase.micro_categories.get_card` Get one card of a micro categories record read
- `crunchbase.micro_categories.search` Search micro categories read

**Organizations 3**

- `crunchbase.organizations.get` Get organizations record read
- `crunchbase.organizations.get_card` Get one card of an organizations record read
- `crunchbase.organizations.search` Search organizations read

**Ownerships 3**

- `crunchbase.ownerships.get` Get ownerships record read
- `crunchbase.ownerships.get_card` Get one card of an ownerships record read
- `crunchbase.ownerships.search` Search ownerships read

**People 3**

- `crunchbase.people.get` Get people record read
- `crunchbase.people.get_card` Get one card of a people record read
- `crunchbase.people.search` Search people read

**Acquisition predictions 2**

- `crunchbase.acquisition_predictions.get` Get acquisition predictions record read
- `crunchbase.acquisition_predictions.search` Search acquisition predictions read

**Awards 2**

- `crunchbase.awards.get` Get awards record read
- `crunchbase.awards.search` Search awards read

**Closure predictions 2**

- `crunchbase.closure_predictions.get` Get closure predictions record read
- `crunchbase.closure_predictions.search` Search closure predictions read

**Current valuation comparables 2**

- `crunchbase.current_valuation_comparables.get` Get current valuation comparables record read
- `crunchbase.current_valuation_comparables.search` Search current valuation comparables read

**Deleted entities 2**

- `crunchbase.deleted_entities.list` List deleted entities read
- `crunchbase.deleted_entities.list_for_collection` List deleted entities of one collection read

**Diversity spotlights 2**

- `crunchbase.diversity_spotlights.get` Get diversity spotlights record read
- `crunchbase.diversity_spotlights.search` Search diversity spotlights read

**Funding predictions 2**

- `crunchbase.funding_predictions.get` Get funding predictions record read
- `crunchbase.funding_predictions.search` Search funding predictions read

**Growth events 2**

- `crunchbase.growth_events.get` Get growth events record read
- `crunchbase.growth_events.search` Search growth events read

**Growth insights 2**

- `crunchbase.growth_insights.get` Get growth insights record read
- `crunchbase.growth_insights.search` Search growth insights read

**Growth predictions 2**

- `crunchbase.growth_predictions.get` Get growth predictions record read
- `crunchbase.growth_predictions.search` Search growth predictions read

**Investor insights 2**

- `crunchbase.investor_insights.get` Get investor insights record read
- `crunchbase.investor_insights.search` Search investor insights read

**Investor matches 2**

- `crunchbase.investor_matches.get` Get investor matches record read
- `crunchbase.investor_matches.search` Search investor matches read

**Ipo predictions 2**

- `crunchbase.ipo_predictions.get` Get ipo predictions record read
- `crunchbase.ipo_predictions.search` Search ipo predictions read

**Key employee changes 2**

- `crunchbase.key_employee_changes.get` Get key employee changes record read
- `crunchbase.key_employee_changes.search` Search key employee changes read

**Layoff predictions 2**

- `crunchbase.layoff_predictions.get` Get layoff predictions record read
- `crunchbase.layoff_predictions.search` Search layoff predictions read

**Layoffs 2**

- `crunchbase.layoffs.get` Get layoffs record read
- `crunchbase.layoffs.search` Search layoffs read

**Legal proceedings 2**

- `crunchbase.legal_proceedings.get` Get legal proceedings record read
- `crunchbase.legal_proceedings.search` Search legal proceedings read

**Locations 2**

- `crunchbase.locations.get` Get locations record read
- `crunchbase.locations.search` Search locations read

**Market insight reasons 2**

- `crunchbase.market_insight_reasons.get` Get market insight reasons record read
- `crunchbase.market_insight_reasons.search` Search market insight reasons read

**Org similarities 2**

- `crunchbase.org_similarities.get` Get org similarities record read
- `crunchbase.org_similarities.search` Search org similarities read

**Partnership announcements 2**

- `crunchbase.partnership_announcements.get` Get partnership announcements record read
- `crunchbase.partnership_announcements.search` Search partnership announcements read

**Press references 2**

- `crunchbase.press_references.get` Get press references record read
- `crunchbase.press_references.search` Search press references read

**Principals 2**

- `crunchbase.principals.get` Get principals record read
- `crunchbase.principals.search` Search principals read

**Product launches 2**

- `crunchbase.product_launches.get` Get product launches record read
- `crunchbase.product_launches.search` Search product launches read

**Product similarities 2**

- `crunchbase.product_similarities.get` Get product similarities record read
- `crunchbase.product_similarities.search` Search product similarities read

**Products 2**

- `crunchbase.products.get` Get products record read
- `crunchbase.products.search` Search products read

**Remain private predictions 2**

- `crunchbase.remain_private_predictions.get` Get remain private predictions record read
- `crunchbase.remain_private_predictions.search` Search remain private predictions read

**Research insights 2**

- `crunchbase.research_insights.get` Get research insights record read
- `crunchbase.research_insights.search` Search research insights read

**Autocomplete 1**

- `crunchbase.autocomplete.search` Autocomplete Crunchbase names (organizations, people, categories, …) read

**Metadata 1**

- `crunchbase.metadata.openapi_spec` Get the Crunchbase API's OpenAPI document for this key read

Questions

## The Crunchbase MCP server, answered.

**Is there a Crunchbase MCP server for Claude?**

Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 112 Crunchbase actions across acquisitions, addresses, categories and category groups, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Crunchbase.

**What do I need to connect Crunchbase?**

Crunchbase API key (Enterprise or API licence): crunchbase.com > Account > Integrations > Crunchbase API. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "crunchbase" } lists exactly what to paste.

**Will an AI agent use up my Crunchbase API limit?**

actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Crunchbase service file: 200 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (112 Crunchbase actions can be), which never reaches Crunchbase.

**What does a Crunchbase action cost?**

One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (112 Crunchbase actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Crunchbase refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. The Free plan includes 100,000 calls a month with no card. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000.

**Which Crunchbase API does it cover?**

The Crunchbase API v4 (data.crunchbase.com reference, all data packages) at api.crunchbase.com/v4. It is built from Crunchbase's documentation as read on 23 October 2026. 112 actions in 48 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0).

**Does actionlake keep my Crunchbase data, and where?**

actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to an hour, and a write clears the reads it affects. Each run's request and response is kept, sealed, for your plan's trace window: 1 day on Free, 3 days on Starter, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, 30 days on Business and 30 days on Enterprise. Your Crunchbase credential is sealed under your tenant's key, never logged and never returned. Your traffic is not used to train models.

**Which AI clients can use it?**

Claude Code, tested by us end to end, and the Claude app as a custom connector, tested by us with an existing key. Other MCP clients that support remote servers over Streamable HTTP (MCP revisions 2025-06-18 and 2025-11-25) and OAuth dynamic client registration, or a bearer header, should connect the same way; we have not tested them. Or plain REST, under the same action names.

## More connectors like Crunchbase

Shares the most action names with

- [Cognism 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/cognism)
- [Explorium AgentSource 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/explorium-agentsource)
- [RocketReach 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/rocketreach)
- [Blackbaud SKY API 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/blackbaud-sky-api)
- [Hunter.io 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/hunter-io)
- [6sense 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/6sense)

Joins with, on shared entities

- [ConnectWise PSA 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/connectwise-psa)
- [HaloPSA 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/halopsa)
- [Genesys Cloud CX 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/genesys-cloud-cx)
- [Simpro 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/simpro)
- [Acumatica Cloud ERP 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/acumatica-cloud-erp)
- [Exact Online 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/exact-online)

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- [All CRM & sales connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/crm-and-sales)
- [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors)
- [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare)

actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Crunchbase; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Crunchbase service file, version 1.0.0.

## Give your agent Crunchbase today.

[Connect Crunchbase free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing)

Start free - 100,000 calls/month, no card. No signup. Hard caps on every key. Cached answers are free.

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Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/crunchbase
More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt