Acquisition Details

Retrieve complete details for a specific acquisition by its slug. Returns the acquirer and acquiree organizations with descriptions, acquisition type, deal status, terms, disposition of the acquired company, and recent press references. Use this after discovering acquisitions via acquisition-search or company-financials.

HTTP Request

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GET /acquisition/details

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`id`	string	Yes	—	Acquisition slug (e.g., `general-motors-acquires-reliance-motor-car-company--71c669ea`) or UUID
`fresh`	boolean	No	`false`	Skip cache and fetch fresh data (billed as non-cached request)
`max_age_seconds`	integer	No	—	Return fresh fetch if cached record is older than this many seconds
`fields`	string	No	—	Comma-separated allow-list of top-level fields to include

Response

Example Response

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{
  "status": true,
  "request_id": "1c67fded-d100-b8dc-f397-cb1a3b10",
  "data": {
    "name": "Reliance Motor Car Company acquired by General Motors",
    "slug": "general-motors-acquires-reliance-motor-car-company--71c669ea",
    "uuid": "71c669ea-43cb-23a2-a158-71bb06cf785b",
    "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/v1465390856/yz07glmgyhwzacacrdrr.jpg",
    "type": "acquisition",
    "acquisition_type": "acquisition",
    "status": "complete",
    "disposition_of_acquired": null,
    "terms": null,
    "acquirer": {
      "uuid": "5087a047-80c5-4aa3-dfdf-30dd8ac88b5e",
      "slug": "general-motors",
      "name": "General Motors",
      "type": "organization",
      "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/hmmrtltnb5pke51rxlvg",
      "short_description": "General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts."
    },
    "acquiree": {
      "uuid": "65cbc73a-6584-ab45-db78-5939b7938024",
      "slug": "reliance-motor-car-company",
      "name": "Reliance Motor Car Company",
      "type": "organization",
      "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/v1465390856/yz07glmgyhwzacacrdrr.jpg",
      "short_description": "Reliance Motor Car Company is a manufacturer of motors."
    },
    "num_timeline_entries": 1,
    "recent_press": [
      {
        "title": "Reliance Motor Car Company",
        "url": "https://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/Reliance_Motor_Car_Company",
        "posted_on": "2016-05-04",
        "publisher": null,
        "author": null,
        "thumbnail_url": null
      }
      // ... more items
    ]
  },
  "_meta": {
    "is_cached": false,
    "cached_at": 1778020041.2434206,
    "cached_at_iso": "2026-05-05T22:27:21Z"
  },
  "request_params": {
    "id": "general-motors-acquires-reliance-motor-car-company--71c669ea",
    "fresh": "false"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`status`	boolean	Whether the request was successful
`request_id`	string	Unique identifier for the request
`data.name`	string	Display name of the acquisition
`data.slug`	string	URL slug identifier
`data.uuid`	string	Crunchbase UUID of the acquisition
`data.image`	string	URL to the acquiree’s logo
`data.type`	string	Entity type, always `"acquisition"`
`data.acquisition_type`	string	Type of deal (e.g., `acquisition`, `merger`, `acqui-hire`)
`data.status`	string	Deal status (e.g., `complete`, `pending`)
`data.disposition_of_acquired`	string\|null	What happened to the acquired company (e.g., `merged`, `shut_down`)
`data.terms`	string\|null	Deal terms (e.g., `cash`, `stock`, `cash_and_stock`)
`data.acquirer`	object	The acquiring organization
`data.acquirer.uuid`	string	Acquirer UUID
`data.acquirer.slug`	string	Acquirer slug — use in company-details
`data.acquirer.name`	string	Acquirer name
`data.acquirer.type`	string	Entity type, always `"organization"`
`data.acquirer.image`	string	URL to the acquirer’s logo
`data.acquirer.short_description`	string	Brief description of the acquirer
`data.acquiree`	object	The acquired organization
`data.acquiree.uuid`	string	Acquiree UUID
`data.acquiree.slug`	string	Acquiree slug — use in company-details
`data.acquiree.name`	string	Acquiree name
`data.acquiree.type`	string	Entity type, always `"organization"`
`data.acquiree.image`	string	URL to the acquiree’s logo
`data.acquiree.short_description`	string	Brief description of the acquiree
`data.num_timeline_entries`	integer	Number of timeline/press entries for this acquisition
`data.recent_press`	array	Recent press references about this acquisition
`data.recent_press[].title`	string	Article title
`data.recent_press[].url`	string	URL to the article
`data.recent_press[].posted_on`	string	Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD)
`data.recent_press[].publisher`	string\|null	Publisher name
`data.recent_press[].author`	string\|null	Author name
`data.recent_press[].thumbnail_url`	string\|null	URL to article thumbnail image
`_meta.is_cached`	boolean	Whether this response came from cache
`_meta.cached_at`	float	Unix timestamp of when data was cached
`_meta.cached_at_iso`	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of cache time
`request_params`	object	Echo of the parameters sent in the request

Code Examples

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import requests

url = "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/acquisition/details"

params = {
    "id": "general-motors-acquires-reliance-motor-car-company--71c669ea",
    "fresh": "true"
}

headers = {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
result = response.json()

if result["data"]:
    acq = result["data"]
    print(f"Deal: {acq['name']}")
    print(f"Type: {acq['acquisition_type']}")
    print(f"Status: {acq['status']}")
    print(f"Acquirer: {acq['acquirer']['name']}")
    print(f"  {acq['acquirer']['short_description']}")
    print(f"Acquiree: {acq['acquiree']['name']}")
    print(f"  {acq['acquiree']['short_description']}")
    if acq["terms"]:
        print(f"Terms: {acq['terms']}")
else:
    print(f"Error: {result['error']['message']}")

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const url = "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/acquisition/details";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  id: "general-motors-acquires-reliance-motor-car-company--71c669ea",
  fresh: "true",
});

const response = await fetch(`${url}?${params}`, {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com",
  },
});

const result = await response.json();

if (result.data) {
  const acq = result.data;
  console.log(`Deal: ${acq.name}`);
  console.log(`Type: ${acq.acquisition_type} | Status: ${acq.status}`);
  console.log(`Acquirer: ${acq.acquirer.name}`);
  console.log(`Acquiree: ${acq.acquiree.name}`);
  if (acq.terms) console.log(`Terms: ${acq.terms}`);
} else {
  console.log(`Error: ${result.error.message}`);
}

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curl -G "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/acquisition/details" \
  --data-urlencode "id=general-motors-acquires-reliance-motor-car-company--71c669ea" \
  --data-urlencode "fresh=true" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com"

Acquisition Search — Search and filter acquisitions to find slugs
Company Details — Get the full profile of the acquirer or acquiree
Company Financials — View all acquisitions and exits for a company