How to create or claim your startup profile on Crunchbase
TL;DR
Crunchbase is a crowdsourced database of private companies, founders and investors, and one of the first pages an investor opens when your name lands in their inbox. Creating and editing a company profile is free for any registered user who links LinkedIn or Google. The paid plans (Pro at $99 a month, Business on request) are research tools for buyers and investors, and your listing works the same without them.
What is Crunchbase?
Crunchbase is a database of private companies that registered users add to and edit, combined with Crunchbase's own data and AI models. The Pro product page lists 4M+ private companies and 30M+ verified updates per year. Each company profile shows a description, founders, headquarters, industries, funding rounds, investors, team and news.
Crunchbase's own Founder Visibility Checklist (updated October 2026) puts it plainly: investors, customers, potential employees and partners research your company before contacting you. Next to the editable fields, Crunchbase adds its own Predictions, Growth and Heat scores, a CB Rank and a list of competitors.
Who should create a Crunchbase profile?
- Founders planning to raise money: angels and VCs check funding history and team here first.
- Startups with a funding round, accelerator place or grant to announce: Crunchbase tracks closed rounds only.
- Skip the paid plans if you only want a profile. Pro is a search and lead tool for people researching other companies.
How much does Crunchbase cost?
- Free account: create and edit profiles, see limited search results (up to 5 results per search).
- Crunchbase Pro: $99 a month, billed monthly and cancellable at any time, or an annual plan with an introductory offer of 38% off the first year for new users. A 7-day free trial turns into the $99 monthly plan unless you cancel.
- Crunchbase Business and the Crunchbase API: prices on request through sales@crunchbase.com.
How do you add your startup to Crunchbase?
- Search first. Check that nobody has created a profile for your company yet.
- Register at crunchbase.com/register with email, Google or LinkedIn.
- Connect LinkedIn or Google under Account Settings, then Social Authentication. Crunchbase requires this before you can change any data.
- Create the profile: click Resources, then Create Profile, choose the company type, fill in the fields and press Save All Edits. Edits go live instantly.
- Claim it: log in with your company email address, open your account menu, pick Manage My Company, find your company and confirm the verification email. The email domain must match your company's. Verified employees get exclusive control of the Overview section.
Tips to get more out of Crunchbase
- Fill every Overview field: logo, founded date, website, social links, short and long description, headquarters and 3 to 5 industries. Crunchbase ranks complete profiles higher in search.
- Write in the third person ("Acme builds..."), skip words like "best" and avoid "new"; write "launched April 2026" instead, as the content guidelines ask.
- Add every closed round with amount, date, investors and a press link, plus founders and advisors as linked people profiles.
- Add a news item for each leadership hire and launch. Crunchbase fills its leadership hire section from news on your profile.
- Ask prosupport@crunchbase.com to correct your revenue range; you cannot edit it yourself.
Our verdict
A Crunchbase profile is the first thing an investor checks, and an empty or wrong one costs you trust before the first call. Spend one hour on a complete, verified profile and keep it current after every round and hire. The DA of 86 belongs to crunchbase.com; the real return is credibility with investors and partners.
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