GET /investor/search

Investor Search

Search Crunchbase investors by type and investment stage, including organizations and individuals with filtering and pagination.

Crunchbase Data API

Search for investors in the Crunchbase database, including venture capital firms, accelerators, angel investors, and corporate investors. Filter by investor type and preferred investment stage. Results include organizations and individuals with their investment counts, headquarters, categories, and category groups.

HTTP Request

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GET /investor/search

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
qstringNo—Find investors whose name contains this text (case-insensitive)
first_namestringNo—Match on first name (case-insensitive substring). Only person-type investors
last_namestringNo—Match on last name (case-insensitive substring). Only person-type investors
investor_typestringNoanyKind of investor (e.g., venture_capital, angel, accelerator, corporate_venture_capital)
investor_stagestringNoanyStage the investor focuses on (e.g., seed, early_stage_venture, late_stage_venture)
min_investmentsintegerNo—Only investors with at least this many investments
min_exitsintegerNo—Only investors with at least this many portfolio exits
rank_maxintegerNo—Only investors ranked this good or better (lower = more prominent)
rank_minintegerNo—Only investors ranked this or worse
locationstringNo—Investor-org HQ — city/region/country slug, UUID, or name
per_pageintegerNo5Results per page (max 15)
order_bystringNonum_investments_funding_roundsSort field. Total rounds participated in
sortstringNodescdesc for most first, asc for fewest first
pageintegerNo1Page number (sequential, 1-indexed)

Response

Example Response

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{
  "status": true,
  "request_id": "f286996b-eb09-2dd1-9cfa-5dfcf57e",
  "data": {
    "total": 330797,
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": false,
    "results": [
      {
        "name": "Lovable",
        "slug": "lovable-803a",
        "uuid": "10843a45-04a6-4668-a427-c67f4095803a",
        "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/0b69ba62755441dda73fd1a95d128345",
        "type": "organization",
        "short_description": "Lovable provides an AI-driven platform enabling users to generate and deploy web applications and websites from natural language prompts.",
        "rank_investor": 9,
        "num_investments": 1,
        "headquarters": [
          {
            "name": "Stockholm",
            "slug": "stockholm-stockholms-lan",
            "uuid": "52ed0e71-d0c7-5c77-8fe3-84ce4349ebcf",
            "location_type": "city"
          },
          {
            "name": "Stockholms Lan",
            "slug": "stockholms-lan-sweden",
            "uuid": "374fe002-81bd-de17-f595-2da924209ec6",
            "location_type": "region"
          }
        ],
        "aliases": [],
        "categories": [
          {
            "name": "Artificial Intelligence (AI)",
            "slug": "artificial-intelligence",
            "uuid": "c4d8caf3-5fe7-359b-f9f2-2d708378e4ee",
            "image_id": "930c72a5a7b544999596ac1c0dc8b549",
            "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/930c72a5a7b544999596ac1c0dc8b549"
          }
          // ... more items
        ],
        "category_groups": [
          {
            "uuid": "e5514a50-8200-7f6b-de87-b07990670800",
            "slug": "artificial-intelligence-e551",
            "name": "Artificial Intelligence (AI)",
            "type": "category_group",
            "image": null
          }
          // ... more items
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Perplexity",
        "slug": "perplexity-ai",
        "uuid": "5639c94c-408b-450a-9694-df238f6d9da9",
        "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/ae1234e9e4bb4347b589eceb981c2a8a",
        "type": "organization",
        "short_description": "Perplexity is an AI-powered platform that retrieves, analyzes information from the web to deliver structured answers with cited sources.",
        "rank_investor": 12,
        "num_investments": 1,
        "headquarters": [
          {
            "name": "San Francisco",
            "slug": "san-francisco-california",
            "uuid": "528f5e3c-90d1-1111-5d1c-2e4ff979d58e",
            "location_type": "city"
          },
          {
            "name": "California",
            "slug": "california-united-states",
            "uuid": "eb879a83-c91a-121e-0bb8-829782dbcf04",
            "location_type": "region"
          }
        ],
        "aliases": [],
        "categories": [
          {
            "name": "Artificial Intelligence (AI)",
            "slug": "artificial-intelligence",
            "uuid": "c4d8caf3-5fe7-359b-f9f2-2d708378e4ee",
            "image_id": "930c72a5a7b544999596ac1c0dc8b549",
            "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/930c72a5a7b544999596ac1c0dc8b549"
          }
          // ... more items
        ],
        "category_groups": [
          {
            "uuid": "e5514a50-8200-7f6b-de87-b07990670800",
            "slug": "artificial-intelligence-e551",
            "name": "Artificial Intelligence (AI)",
            "type": "category_group",
            "image": null
          }
          // ... more items
        ]
      }
      // ... more items
    ],
    "resolved_filters": {}
  },
  "request_params": {
    "per_page": "2",
    "order_by": "num_investments_funding_rounds",
    "sort": "asc",
    "page": "1"
  }
}

Response Fields

FieldTypeDescription
statusbooleanWhether the request was successful
request_idstringUnique identifier for the request
data.totalintegerTotal number of investors matching the filters
data.pageintegerCurrent page number
data.has_next_pagebooleanWhether more pages of results are available
data.resultsarrayList of investor objects
data.results[].namestringInvestor name (organization or person)
data.results[].slugstringURL slug — use as id in detail endpoints
data.results[].uuidstringCrunchbase UUID
data.results[].imagestringURL to logo or profile image
data.results[].typestringEntity type: "organization" or "person"
data.results[].short_descriptionstringBrief description of the investor
data.results[].rank_investorintegerInvestor rank (lower = more prominent)
data.results[].num_investmentsintegerTotal number of investments made
data.results[].headquartersarrayLocation objects (city, region)
data.results[].headquarters[].namestringLocation name
data.results[].headquarters[].slugstringLocation slug
data.results[].headquarters[].uuidstringLocation UUID
data.results[].headquarters[].location_typestringType: city, region
data.results[].aliasesarrayAlternative names for this investor
data.results[].categoriesarrayIndustry categories
data.results[].categories[].namestringCategory name
data.results[].categories[].slugstringCategory slug
data.results[].categories[].uuidstringCategory UUID
data.results[].categories[].image_idstringImage identifier
data.results[].categories[].imagestringCategory image URL
data.results[].category_groupsarrayHigher-level category groups
data.results[].category_groups[].uuidstringCategory group UUID
data.results[].category_groups[].slugstringCategory group slug
data.results[].category_groups[].namestringCategory group name
data.results[].category_groups[].typestringEntity type (always "category_group")
data.results[].category_groups[].imagestring/nullCategory group image URL
data.resolved_filtersobjectAny filter resolutions applied by the API
request_paramsobjectEcho of the parameters sent in the request

Code Examples

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import requests

url = "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/investor/search"

params = {
    "investor_type": "venture_capital",
    "investor_stage": "seed",
    "per_page": "10",
    "order_by": "rank_investor",
    "sort": "asc",
    "page": "1"
}

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)
data = response.json()["data"]

print(f"Total investors: {data['total']}")
for investor in data["results"]:
    location = investor["headquarters"][0]["name"] if investor["headquarters"] else "Unknown"
    print(f"{investor['name']} ({investor['type']})")
    print(f"  Rank: {investor['rank_investor']} | Investments: {investor['num_investments']}")
    print(f"  Location: {location}")

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

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  investor_type: "venture_capital",
  investor_stage: "seed",
  per_page: "10",
  order_by: "rank_investor",
  sort: "asc",
  page: "1",
});

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 { data } = await response.json();

console.log(`Total investors: ${data.total}`);
data.results.forEach((investor) => {
  const location = investor.headquarters[0]?.name ?? "Unknown";
  console.log(`${investor.name} (${investor.type})`);
  console.log(`  Rank: ${investor.rank_investor} | Investments: ${investor.num_investments}`);
  console.log(`  Location: ${location}`);
});

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curl -G "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/investor/search" \
  --data-urlencode "investor_type=venture_capital" \
  --data-urlencode "investor_stage=seed" \
  --data-urlencode "per_page=10" \
  --data-urlencode "order_by=rank_investor" \
  --data-urlencode "sort=asc" \
  --data-urlencode "page=1" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com"
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