`crunchbase_search` — Orange Slice capability

Outcome-priced capability. One price for the answer, whichever providers it took. Everything we expose, with prices: https://orangeslice.ai/llms.txt

Find companies on Crunchbase by funding stage, amount, recency, category and location.

Price

$0.002 per result, minimum $0.002, up to $0.20 per call

Billed per row returned, within the floor and ceiling above.

The price is a property of the outcome, not of the work behind it. Whichever vendor serves this call, and whatever it costs us, the number above is the number quoted before the run and charged after it.

Call it

CLI

orangeslice search crunchbase --funding-stage seed --funded-after 2025-01-01 --category "Artificial Intelligence" --has-linkedin --limit 25

HTTP

curl -X POST 'https://orangeslice.ai/api/v1/run' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $ORANGESLICE_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"capability":"crunchbase_search","input":{"category":"<string[]>","categoryGroup":"<string[]>","companyType":"<string>"}}'

SDK

await services.crunchbase.search({ category: "…", categoryGroup: "…", companyType: "…" });

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	Description
`category`	string[]	No	Crunchbase categories, e.g. 'Artificial Intelligence'. Matches any
`categoryGroup`	string[]	No	Broader category groups, e.g. 'Health Care'. Matches any
`companyType`	string	No	for_profit or non_profit
`fundedAfter`	string	No
`fundedBefore`	string	No
`fundingRoundsMin`	number	No
`fundingStage`	string[]	No	Overall stage, e.g. seed or late_stage_venture
`fundingTotalMax`	number	No	Maximum total raised, in USD
`fundingTotalMin`	number	No	Minimum total raised, in USD
`growthScoreTier`	string	No	Crunchbase growth tier
`hasLinkedin`	boolean	No	Only companies with a LinkedIn URL — needed to pipe into employees
`hasWebsite`	boolean	No	Only companies with a website on file
`heatScoreTier`	string	No	Crunchbase heat tier
`investorsMin`	number	No
`ipoStatus`	string	No	private, public, or delisted
`lastFundingType`	string[]	No	The most recent round, e.g. series_a
`limit`	number	No	Rows to return, 1-100. Each returned row costs one credit
`location`	string[]	No	Location identifiers, e.g. 'San Francisco' or 'United States'. Matches any
`operatingStatus`	string	No	Whether the company is still trading. Most prospecting wants 'active'

Inputs may also be piped as NDJSON, one JSON object per line.

Output

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "companies": {
      "default": [],
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "companyName": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "companySlug": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "domain": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "website": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "companyLinkedinUrl": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "description": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "primaryCategory": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "operatingStatus": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "ipoStatus": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "fundingStage": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "lastFundingType": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "lastFundingDate": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "fundingTotalUsd": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "number"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "fundingRounds": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "number"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "investors": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "number"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "revenueRange": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "growthScoreTier": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "heatScoreTier": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "contactEmail": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          },
          "crunchbaseUrl": {
            "anyOf": [
              {
                "type": "string"
              },
              {
                "type": "null"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "companyName",
          "companySlug",
          "domain",
          "website",
          "companyLinkedinUrl",
          "description",
          "primaryCategory",
          "operatingStatus",
          "ipoStatus",
          "fundingStage",
          "lastFundingType",
          "lastFundingDate",
          "fundingTotalUsd",
          "fundingRounds",
          "investors",
          "revenueRange",
          "growthScoreTier",
          "heatScoreTier",
          "contactEmail",
          "crunchbaseUrl"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "companies"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

The field that carries the answer is companies. It is null — or empty — when nothing was found, which is how a miss is told from a hit without knowing anything else about this entry.

Before you run

Price it first. orangeslice search crunchbase --dry-run returns the exact dollar cost and spends nothing.
Large runs need approval. Above the spend-gate threshold a run exits 7 until it carries a plan token, and only a dry run mints one.
Scopes: enrich
Permitted uses: research, outreach, export

Exit codes

0 ok · 2 bad input · 3 auth · 4 not found · 5 provider · 6 rate limited · 7 spend gate, nothing billed · 8 timeout · 9 a third-party account needs connecting