Can you trust the numbers in Crunchbase?
Crunchbase is a source of private company data and predictive intelligence for spotting private market opportunities. Its own help pages give 4 reasons its numbers can look different from what you expect. The first to rule out: A company's valuation on Crunchbase can be an estimate rather than a reported figure, as its help pages say, so read it as a rough guide.
What does Crunchbase keep track of?
Crunchbase keeps records of company events like funding rounds and acquisitions for the companies it covers.
In Crunchbase's own words:
Records of major company activity, including acquisitions, funding rounds, investments, fund formations, and IPOs.
About Crunchbase Data, read 2026-11-12.Crunchbase keeps lists of the companies you choose to follow, which is a running record of the prospects you are watching.
In Crunchbase's own words:
With Lists, you can follow specific profiles, so you can track the entities you care about the most.
Navigating Crunchbase Pro, read 2026-11-12.
What can make Crunchbase's numbers look wrong?
A company's valuation on Crunchbase can be an estimate rather than a reported figure, as its help pages say, so read it as a rough guide.
In Crunchbase's own words:
When reported valuations are unavailable, estimated post-money valuations can fill gaps and bring directional clarity.
Crunchbase Post-Money Valuation Data, read 2026-11-12.A valuation on Crunchbase can be out of date, because, as its help pages explain, it stays fixed until the next funding event.
In Crunchbase's own words:
Post-money valuation is not continually updated between funding events.
Crunchbase Post-Money Valuation Data, read 2026-11-12.A large Crunchbase search can match more companies than you can see, since its help pages say Pro customers view up to 1,000 results per search, so a count taken from the screen can come up short.
In Crunchbase's own words:
Crunchbase Pro customers can view up to 1,000 results per search.
Navigating Crunchbase Pro, read 2026-11-12.Crunchbase's predictions are produced by its data and AI models, as its help pages say, so treat them as model output rather than reported facts.
In Crunchbase's own words:
Crunchbase's Predictions and Insights are powered by proprietary private company data and AI models.
Predictions and Insights Profile Data Review Process, read 2026-11-12.
How do I check Crunchbase's numbers myself?
If a Crunchbase figure looks wrong, you can send a correction through its feedback form and ask its team to review it.
In Crunchbase's own words:
You can also use the feedback modal to share corrections or updates directly with our data management team.
Predictions and Insights Profile Data Review Process, read 2026-11-12.Checking that your own company's Crunchbase profile is current helps the figures it shows about your business stay closer to the truth.
In Crunchbase's own words:
To help ensure the most accurate Predictions and Insights, make sure your company profile is up to date.
Predictions and Insights Profile Data Review Process, read 2026-11-12.
How does Crunchbase work with Feder?
Connect Crunchbase to Feder and it joins your Interest apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in Crunchbase.
When you connect Crunchbase, Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.
Other apps that feed Interest
- Jotformform submissions
- Klaviyonew profiles
- Mailchimpclicks on today's sends
- ActiveCampaignnew contacts
- Cal.combookings made
- Intercomnew contacts
Questions owners ask about Crunchbase
- Why did a company's Crunchbase rank or score suddenly change?The heat score follows activity on a company's profile and its presence in the media, so news coverage or a quiet spell can move it.
- Why am I not seeing new companies in my Crunchbase list?A Crunchbase list stays the same until someone adds or removes companies by hand, so new companies do not join it on their own.
- Why did the number of companies in my Crunchbase search change?Search results update as you change filters and as the data changes, so the same search can return a different count on another day.
Where do these answers come from?
Everything this page says about Crunchbase comes from Crunchbase's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. Last reviewed 2026-11-12. We read them again by 2027-11-12. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.
Know the day a number breaks, not the month after.
Some numbers are too quiet to judge daily, such as a form filled in a few times a week. Until there is enough of your own history to judge a change, Feder says it is still learning and scores nothing, rather than guessing.