Crunchbase, Inc. is a private-market data and predictive intelligence platform that originated as a startup index inside TechCrunch before becoming an independent company. Crunchbase's Twitter Score is 79 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #10,083 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Crunchbase was founded by Michael Arrington in TechCrunch's orbit, beginning in 2007 as a project cataloguing startups covered by that publication. It later spun out of AOL/Verizon as a standalone, venture-backed company, with Emergence Capital leading the investment round while AOL/Verizon retained a stake. Today Crunchbase delivers private-company data, market signals, and AI-driven prediction models designed to help investors and business professionals move earlier on opportunities in private markets.
Crunchbase is backed by a group of investors that includes Mayfield Fund, OMERS Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Alignment Growth, and Verizon Ventures. The platform is also affiliated with Crunchbase News, an editorially independent newsroom owned by Crunchbase that covers private markets, startups, founders, and investors, including crypto and Web3 topics. Crunchbase's account has published 19,750 posts and has been mentioned by 589 accounts a total of 1,396 times, with 153,731 followers as of August 2026 on the platform.
Who follows Crunchbase on X?
The accounts that follow Crunchbase include 359 founders, 125 angel investors, 69 influencers and 177 VCs, among them Garry Tan, Tyler Winklevoss, Tay, Mario Nawfal, Jason and Cameron Winklevoss.